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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Daniel Zewa" <mrdanielze064@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrdanielze02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 16:22:38 -0600
Subject: Urgent



No.2085 Marine streetHergardin Avenue, Off Seapot Road Johannesburg. Box 27287 South Africa. {URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL} RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD} {ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) Dear, We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Twenty six million United StatesDollars) from a Bank in Africa, You can serve toreceive this money, as long as you will remain honestto me till the end for this important businesstrusting in you and believing in God that you willnever let me down either now or in future. I am Mr Daniel Zewa, the Auditor General of a bankin Africa, during the course of our auditing Idiscovered a floating fund in an account opened in thebank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated onthis account again, after going through some old filesin the records I discovered that the owner of theaccount died without a [heir] hence the money isfloating and if I do not remit this money out urgentlyit will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of thisaccount is Mr. Frankline Sullivan, a foreigner, and asailor, and he died, since 1998. and no other personknows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and myinvestigation proved to me as well that FranklineSullivan until his death was the manager SullivCoy.(pty). SA. We will start the first transfer withTwenty six million [$26,000.000] upon successfultransaction without any disappoint from your side, weshall re-apply for the payment of the remaining restamount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred andTwenty Six million United States Dollars, only I wantto first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty Six millionUnited States Dollar from this money into a safeforeigners account abroad before the rest, but I don'tknow any foreigner, I am only contacting you as aforeigner because this money can not be approved to alocal person here, without valid international foreignpassport, but can only be approved to any foreignerwith valid international passport or drivers licenseand foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars andthe former owner of the a/c Mr. Frankline Sullivan isa foreigner too, [and the money can only be approvedinto a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind ustogether I got your contact address from my secretarywho operates computer, I am revealing this to you withbelieve in God that you will never let me down in thisbusiness, So please reply urgently so that I willinform you the next step to take urgently. Send alsoyour private telephone and fax number including thefull details of the account to be used for thedeposit. I want us to meet face to face to build confidence andto sign a binding agreement that will bind us togetherbefore transferring the money to any account of yourchoice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly toyour country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to approve thispayment to any foreigner who has correct informationof this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you arecapable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in thisbusiness. I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the position of the bankofficial we can transfer this money to any foreigner'sreliable account which you can provide with assurancethat this money will be intact pending our physicalarrival in your country for sharing. The bank officialwill destroy all documents of transaction immediatelywe receive this money leaving no trace to any placeand to build confidence you can come immediately todiscuss with me face to face after which I will makethis remittance in your presence and three of us willfly to your country at least two days ahead of themoney going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediatelyI hear from you that you are ready to act and receivethis fund in your account. I will use my position andinfluence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of this money to your account withappropriate clearance from the relevant ministriesand foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%will be for expÿenses both parties might have incurredduring the process of transferring. Best Regard,
Mr Daniel Zewa.

No.2085 Marine streetHergardin Avenue, Off Seapot Road Johannesburg. Box 27287 South Africa. {URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL} RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD} {ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) Dear, We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Twenty six million United StatesDollars) from a Bank in Africa, You can serve toreceive this money, as long as you will remain honestto me till the end for this important businesstrusting in you and believing in God that you willnever let me down either now or in future. I am Mr Daniel Zewa, the Auditor General of a bankin Africa, during the course of our auditing Idiscovered a floating fund in an account opened in thebank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated onthis account again, after going through some old filesin the records I discovered that the owner of theaccount died without a [heir] hence the money isfloating and if I do not remit this money out urgentlyit will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of thisaccount is Mr. Frankline Sullivan, a foreigner, and asailor, and he died, since 1998. and no other personknows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and myinvestigation proved to me as well that FranklineSullivan until his death was the manager SullivCoy.(pty). SA. We will start the first transfer withTwenty six million [$26,000.000] upon successfultransaction without any disappoint from your side, weshall re-apply for the payment of the remaining restamount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred andTwenty Six million United States Dollars, only I wantto first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty Six millionUnited States Dollar from this money into a safeforeigners account abroad before the rest, but I don'tknow any foreigner, I am only contacting you as aforeigner because this money can not be approved to alocal person here, without valid international foreignpassport, but can only be approved to any foreignerwith valid international passport or drivers licenseand foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars andthe former owner of the a/c Mr. Frankline Sullivan isa foreigner too, [and the money can only be approvedinto a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind ustogether I got your contact address from my secretarywho operates computer, I am revealing this to you withbelieve in God that you will never let me down in thisbusiness, So please reply urgently so that I willinform you the next step to take urgently. Send alsoyour private telephone and fax number including thefull details of the account to be used for thedeposit. I want us to meet face to face to build confidence andto sign a binding agreement that will bind us togetherbefore transferring the money to any account of yourchoice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly toyour country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to approve thispayment to any foreigner who has correct informationof this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you arecapable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in thisbusiness. I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the position of the bankofficial we can transfer this money to any foreigner'sreliable account which you can provide with assurancethat this money will be intact pending our physicalarrival in your country for sharing. The bank officialwill destroy all documents of transaction immediatelywe receive this money leaving no trace to any placeand to build confidence you can come immediately todiscuss with me face to face after which I will makethis remittance in your presence and three of us willfly to your country at least two days ahead of themoney going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediatelyI hear from you that you are ready to act and receivethis fund in your account. I will use my position andinfluence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of this money to your account withappropriate clearance from the relevant ministriesand foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%will be for expÿenses both parties might have incurredduring the process of transferring. Best Regard,
Mr Daniel Zewa.

No.2085 Marine streetHergardin Avenue, Off Seapot Road Johannesburg. Box 27287 South Africa. {URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL} RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD} {ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) Dear, We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Twenty six million United StatesDollars) from a Bank in Africa, You can serve toreceive this money, as long as you will remain honestto me till the end for this important businesstrusting in you and believing in God that you willnever let me down either now or in future. I am Mr Daniel Zewa, the Auditor General of a bankin Africa, during the course of our auditing Idiscovered a floating fund in an account opened in thebank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated onthis account again, after going through some old filesin the records I discovered that the owner of theaccount died without a [heir] hence the money isfloating and if I do not remit this money out urgentlyit will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of thisaccount is Mr. Frankline Sullivan, a foreigner, and asailor, and he died, since 1998. and no other personknows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and myinvestigation proved to me as well that FranklineSullivan until his death was the manager SullivCoy.(pty). SA. We will start the first transfer withTwenty six million [$26,000.000] upon successfultransaction without any disappoint from your side, weshall re-apply for the payment of the remaining restamount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred andTwenty Six million United States Dollars, only I wantto first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty Six millionUnited States Dollar from this money into a safeforeigners account abroad before the rest, but I don'tknow any foreigner, I am only contacting you as aforeigner because this money can not be approved to alocal person here, without valid international foreignpassport, but can only be approved to any foreignerwith valid international passport or drivers licenseand foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars andthe former owner of the a/c Mr. Frankline Sullivan isa foreigner too, [and the money can only be approvedinto a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind ustogether I got your contact address from my secretarywho operates computer, I am revealing this to you withbelieve in God that you will never let me down in thisbusiness, So please reply urgently so that I willinform you the next step to take urgently. Send alsoyour private telephone and fax number including thefull details of the account to be used for thedeposit. I want us to meet face to face to build confidence andto sign a binding agreement that will bind us togetherbefore transferring the money to any account of yourchoice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly toyour country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to approve thispayment to any foreigner who has correct informationof this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you arecapable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in thisbusiness. I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the position of the bankofficial we can transfer this money to any foreigner'sreliable account which you can provide with assurancethat this money will be intact pending our physicalarrival in your country for sharing. The bank officialwill destroy all documents of transaction immediatelywe receive this money leaving no trace to any placeand to build confidence you can come immediately todiscuss with me face to face after which I will makethis remittance in your presence and three of us willfly to your country at least two days ahead of themoney going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediatelyI hear from you that you are ready to act and receivethis fund in your account. I will use my position andinfluence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of this money to your account withappropriate clearance from the relevant ministriesand foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%will be for expÿenses both parties might have incurredduring the process of transferring. Best Regard,
Mr Daniel Zewa.
No.2085 Marine streetHergardin Avenue, Off Seapot Road Johannesburg. Box 27287 South Africa. {URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL} RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD} {ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS) Dear, We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Twenty six million United StatesDollars) from a Bank in Africa, You can serve toreceive this money, as long as you will remain honestto me till the end for this important businesstrusting in you and believing in God that you willnever let me down either now or in future. I am Mr Daniel Zewa, the Auditor General of a bankin Africa, during the course of our auditing Idiscovered a floating fund in an account opened in thebank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated onthis account again, after going through some old filesin the records I discovered that the owner of theaccount died without a [heir] hence the money isfloating and if I do not remit this money out urgentlyit will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of thisaccount is Mr. Frankline Sullivan, a foreigner, and asailor, and he died, since 1998. and no other personknows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and myinvestigation proved to me as well that FranklineSullivan until his death was the manager SullivCoy.(pty). SA. We will start the first transfer withTwenty six million [$26,000.000] upon successfultransaction without any disappoint from your side, weshall re-apply for the payment of the remaining restamount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred andTwenty Six million United States Dollars, only I wantto first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty Six millionUnited States Dollar from this money into a safeforeigners account abroad before the rest, but I don'tknow any foreigner, I am only contacting you as aforeigner because this money can not be approved to alocal person here, without valid international foreignpassport, but can only be approved to any foreignerwith valid international passport or drivers licenseand foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars andthe former owner of the a/c Mr. Frankline Sullivan isa foreigner too, [and the money can only be approvedinto a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind ustogether I got your contact address from my secretarywho operates computer, I am revealing this to you withbelieve in God that you will never let me down in thisbusiness, So please reply urgently so that I willinform you the next step to take urgently. Send alsoyour private telephone and fax number including thefull details of the account to be used for thedeposit. I want us to meet face to face to build confidence andto sign a binding agreement that will bind us togetherbefore transferring the money to any account of yourchoice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly toyour country for withdrawal, sharing and investments. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management is ready to approve thispayment to any foreigner who has correct informationof this account, which I will give to you, upon yourpositive response and once I am convinced that you arecapable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in thisbusiness. I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the position of the bankofficial we can transfer this money to any foreigner'sreliable account which you can provide with assurancethat this money will be intact pending our physicalarrival in your country for sharing. The bank officialwill destroy all documents of transaction immediatelywe receive this money leaving no trace to any placeand to build confidence you can come immediately todiscuss with me face to face after which I will makethis remittance in your presence and three of us willfly to your country at least two days ahead of themoney going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediatelyI hear from you that you are ready to act and receivethis fund in your account. I will use my position andinfluence to obtain all legal approvals for onwardtransfer of this money to your account withappropriate clearance from the relevant ministriesand foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%will be for expÿenses both parties might have incurredduring the process of transferring. Best Regard,
Mr Daniel Zewa.
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