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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Mojo <frankmojo123@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO


FROM: MR.FRANK MOJO
TEL: +27 73 808 9811
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HELLO,
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My name is Mr. FRANK MOJO, the Chief Auditor of Amalgamated Bank of South A=
frica (ABSA) there is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 1998=
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old fi=
les in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urge=
ntly it would be forfeited.
The owner of this account is Mr. Andreas B. Smith, a foreigner and a Miner =
at Kruger Gold Company. A Geologist by profession died in 1998. No one know=
s about this account or anything concerning it the account has no other ben=
eficiary and the investigation proves to me as well that his company does n=
ot know anything about this account and the amount in the account at the mo=
ment is US$18.5 Million Dollars (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Uni=
ted States Dollars).
As the money is in United States Dollars I need a foreign partner/account t=
o transfer the money overseas thus I am contacting you. Please kindly indic=
ate and if so contact me on the above phone numbers to enable me inform you=
on next step to take.
I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the man=
agement is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct i=
nformation on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your inte=
rest. I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence bec=
ause this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful per=
son in this business relationship because I don?t want to make any mistake.=
I need your strong assurance and confidentiality.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any reliabl=
e foreign account, with assurance that this money will be intact pending my=
physical arrival in your country for sharing. All documents regarding this=
transaction will be destroyed once I receive confirmation of the money in =
your account thus leaving no trace to anything.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately on confirmation to re=
ceive this fund into your designated account with appropriate clearance for=
ms from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
At the conclusion of this business you will be given 25% of the total amoun=
t, 70% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses that we might incur du=
ring the course of this transaction.
Finally, please if you are interested in this transaction, all I want you t=
o do is to send me your Private Mobile Phone and Fax Numbers for Easy Commu=
nication Please kindly call me on the above private phone numbers or Kindly=
send e-mail to my confidential Email address: frankmojo123@yahoo.com,
While I?m looking forward to receive your immediate reply by phone or as so=
on as you receive this letter.
Thanks and may the Almighty God bless you and your family.
Best regards,
MR. FRANK MOJO.
(Chief Auditor ABSA)


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