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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: "From: Mr. Peter" <petersnkosi307@gala.net>
Reply-To: mrpeternkosi1@gala.net
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:13:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mr. Peter


BidVest Bank South Africa

Phone:
0027-78-269-7520

Email: mrpeternkosi1@gala.net











My
name is Mr. Peter Nkosi, the manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of
BIDVEST BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank
with account number 908-14-255-114 whose name is Chung Timothy, (Mr.),
who died in a plane crash [Korean

Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers on board on August 6,
1997.







Since the demise of this customer, I personally
have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has
proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$15.5M
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which has
been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to
seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his
next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to
stay long in the bank else it will be return to the bank escrow account
as unclaimed funds.







In
view of this I got your reference in my search for someone I will use
in this great opportunity. For your assistance I am willing to give you
40% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send
you letter of application,
which you will type, sign and send back to me to enable me start the
process. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is
hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities
for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this
transaction will be completed within five banking days of receiving your
response, after your application to the bank as next of kin to the
deceased. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next
of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me.







Please
go through this message carefully and if you are interested in
assisting me, kindly notify me urgently via my private email addresses: (mrpeternkosi1@gala.net),

as time is of great essence in this transaction. Upon your acceptance
to assist me I shall provide you with more information.







Have
a wonderful day,



Mr. Peter Nkosi.

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