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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: masingaaeabsa@aol.com
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:03:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject:

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From: "Mr. Masinga"<masingaaeabsa@aol.com>
Subject: Urgent
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:02:04 +0200
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From: ANDRIES E. MASINGA
Tel/Fax: +27-865582446
E-mail: masingaaeabsa@aol.com

ATTN: Managing Director/ President, C.E.O.,

Dear Friend,

Greetings from Johannesburg,
In order to execute and transfer out (US$ 82Million) Eighty Two million 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. ANDRIES E. MASINGA, the chief Auditing officer of ABSA BANK WestRand branch. There is an account opened in this bank in 1996 and since 2002, nobody has operated this account.

I got your contact through the South African Chamber of Commerce Internet addresses portal. After going through some old files in the records, I and Mrs. Derbie Nkosi, the Director of customer services unit of the bank discovered that if this money is not remitted out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account, FERNANDO K. CARLOS, of (GUATEMALA) a foreigner, he was a miner at Kruger Gold Company South Africa (KGCSA), a geologist by profession, and a farmer who had many farm holdings in Zimbabwe. His income from both his engagements with the Kruger Gold Company and his farms are here in this account. Unfortunately, Mr. Carlos was assassinated in the uprising in 2002, in Zimbabwe, and his farms confiscated by the Zimbabwean Government under the infamous land reform programme of the President Robert Mugabe administration.

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$ 82Million) Eighty Two million United States dollars. If I transfer this fund into your account, the account of Mr. FERNANDO K. CARLOS with ABSA BANK will be closed immediately. 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 who is not living in South Africa. More so, it cannot be approved for local bank account here in South Africa, as this money is in US Dollars, hence the former owner of this account is a foreigner too; that’s why it need’s a foreign hesitance.

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 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 fax or e-mail me at: (masingaaeabsa@aol.com) your personal contact details such as:
Personal phone number
Personal fax number
Please reply me urgently after reading this letter and indicate if you will be able to assist me, spelling out if you will appreciate a joint venture with you in terms of investing the fund, here are details regarding the sharing modality. 5% will be used to settle transference charges and local protocols, 30% will be given to you for using your account and your kind assistance 65% will belong to me and my colleagues, which we will invest under your close supervision in your country. It would be highly appreciated if you could treat this matter with all the confidentiality it deserves. Note: this business is 100% risk free. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality.

Best regards,

ANDRIES E. MASINGA

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