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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 CHRISTO VREY <dr_christovrey099@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dr.chrsitovrey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:08:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE



>From Dr. Christo Vrey
The Branch Manager
The Amalgamated Banks of South Africa (Absa),
Republic Of South Africa (RSA)


Hello My Dear Friend.

Hello
Dear, How are you today ? i hope you are doing fine? if so thanks be to
ALMIGHTY GOD, who gave us life. Let me start by introducing my self. My
name is Dr. Christo Vrey, i am a branch manager in The Amalgamated
Banks of South Africa (Absa),. I am a A South African married, but my
wife dead nine months ago,she left me with two kids.

However I
am writing to request for your honest assistance to help me receive the
sum of US$6, 750.000.00 million Dollar into your private bank account.
This fund was what i discovered in my branch as operational profit last
two years{2007} as a result of my hard work and commitment to service
last 2 years (2007) I have already submitted an approved(2007 &
2008) End of the Year financial report to my Head Office here in South
Africa

Moreover, this amount that i want you to receive for me
is an excess fund in my own branch of the bank and my senior directors
do not know anything about this excess fund and they will never ever
know about it. Since then i placed this money(US$6,750.000.00). on a
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT that is not reactivated, dormant account without any
beneficiary for now.

As a branch manager I cannot be directly
connected to this money, this is the reason why I want your assistance
to receive this money into your our private bank account in your
country, i will direct you on how we can achieve this aim.

However
if you can come down here in South Africa it will also help us to see
face to face here in my bank, then i will prepare a bank deposit slip
in your name and direct you on how to go to my head office and withdraw
this fund after i must have installed your name and your basic
information's in my banks customers computer database system as the
original depositor of this cash, after the withdrawal of this fund from
my head office you will take your share and i will take my share.

I
intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 57% shall be for me, and
percent(3%) shall be for expenses like your coming down here or any
other thing that comes up, I also want you to know that there is no
single risk involved in this business. It is going to be a bank-to-bank
transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer in this
world, this is if you can not come down here in South Africa, but if
you wish to come i will provide visa for you to come.

All I need
from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you
accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. Also you can
forward your private phone number for speedy relation on this matter.
Remember l am still working in this bank, your confidentiality is
needed in this transaction. Please trust and honest is the watchword of
this our transaction.

Thanks and best regards,

Dr. Christo Vrey

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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