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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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Reply-To: <daviesthemba@yahoo.com>
From: "Mr. Davies Themba"<daviesthemba@yahoo.com>
Subject: (BUSINESS INFORMATION (VERY URGENT)
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:35:06 +0200
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FROM: Mr. Davies Themba
Tel Number: +27- 837-299 -280
E-mail Address: daviesthemba@yahoo.com

(BUSINESS INFORMATION (VERY URGENT)

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greeting from Johannesburg, South Africa,
In order to execute and transfer out (US$ 16.2 Million) Sixteen Million two Hundred Thousand United States dollars from Absa Bank. I have picked-up trust and courage to look for a reliable and honest person like you who will be capable for this important business transaction believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future since you have a reliable company. My name is Mr. Davies Themba, the chief Auditing officer of ABSA Bank Braamfontain branch. There is an account opened in this bank in 2001 and since 2006, nobody has operated this account.

After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently, it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account, Mr. Fernando K. Carlos, of (Guatemala) a foreigner, he was a miner at Krugar Gold Company (KGCSA), a geologist by profession, and he died in 2006. No other person knows about this amount or anything concerning it due to the fact that the death certificate was not provided by any of his family members, therefore the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (US$ 16.2 Million) Sixteen Million two Hundred Thousand united states Dollars. I want to first transfer (US$ 2.5 Million) Two million five hundred thousand United States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigner's account abroad before the rest.

I am contacting you based on the fact that you are a foreigner because this money can only be approved for payment to a foreigner into south Africa, more so it cannot be approved by local bank here, as this money is in US Dollars, hence the former owner of this account is a foreigner too.

I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, however, I based my move on trust and God's directive and we still have to meet possibly, sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund into any of your chosen designated bank account. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality.

Contact me as quickly as possible after office hours between 16:00pm till late hours through the above phone number, and please Email to this address: daviesthemba@yahoo.com. your personal contact details such as:
(1) Personal phone number
(2) Personal fax number
(3) Email address
Expecting your urgent response.

Again forward your reply's to this email address above:

Best regards,
Mr. Davies Themba.





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