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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: dr david modise <ddavid_modise_005@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:04:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


From; Dr. David Modise

+27-837 712 968
Victoria Island South Africa,

We want to transfer to overseas ($50,000.000.00 USD)Fifty million United States Dollars from a Bank in Africa. I would like you to assist with this project,by providing the needed logistics.

I am David Modise, the Auditor General of a bank in Africa. During the course of our auditing, I iscovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account again, After going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a heir, hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. Duncan Hankinson, a foreigner, and a shipper. He died since 1998, and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Duncan Hankinson until his death was the manager of Duncan Coy (pty), A.S.

We will start the first transfer with twenty million USD$20,000.000:00 Upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. The amount involved is (USD 50.00M) Fifty million United States Dollars,only. I want to first transfer $20,000.000:00 (Twenty million United States Dollars)from this money into a safe foreigner's account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c, since the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Duncan Harkinson is a foreigner too. The money can only be approved into a foreign
a/c. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. However, we will sign an agreement, to bind us together. This is to seal the arrangement
and ensure that we are faithful to each other.I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign the agreement that will bind us together before
transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. We will eventually fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine;because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct claim information about this amount which I will give to
you. Upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable, we will start. I will also link you up with a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.

With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this money to any reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money, leaving no trace to any place.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring the money into your account.I look forward to your earliest reply through my e.mail address: ddavid_modise_005@yahoo.com .

Lastly I am banking on you for confidentiality. Please treat this with utmost confidentiality.

Bye for now.

Dr.David Modise





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