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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: "Mr. Theko," <mrtheko@att.net>
Reply-To: <mr.theko@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:59:09 +0100
Subject: Message From Mr. Theko

Hello Dear,
I am Mr. Theko, the branch manager at one of the South Africa Bank in Cape Town Area.
I am entitled to give out loan of any amount of money without any question,and without seeking for any help from any one, but the right documents need to be submitted for the approval of the loan and once I put down my signature on the approval documents the head office will approval the loan within 3workingdays.
The business between me and you, you dont have to bring any documents or to spend any money for the loan, all you have to do is to agree on my conditions then know that we have a business and to keep it confidential.
Below are my conditions.
(1.We are going to start with loan of $2.5 Million Dollars which will b approve within 3working days, and once the money is transferred to your account in your home country and you confirm it, then you will be entitled to30% of the total funds and the rest 70% be transferred back to my Swiss account.)
(2. All the documents that will be provided for the loan, will be arrange by me, you dont have to be worried about that, and the loan will be approved without asking any question from anybody.)
(3. Your own part is that, I am going to give you a contact of any attorney who is going to come to our bank to sign for you as your grantor as a foreigner because you are not hear, you dont have to be worried about anything because, I am a bank manager I know how to cover everything from my side hear once the loan have been giving to you.)
(4. All our communications will be only by email to avoid any finding or trace about our communication.)
If you are greed with me below is what I need from you to help me get those documents for the loan ready, and for my record too, what we are about to do now is what they call trust, because we have not meet before in this life.
1. Full Name:
2. Office and residential addresses:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Private Mobil telephone number:
6. Occupation:
7. Country of Residence:
8. Copy of your international passport or any of your identification:
9. Nationality:
Once I receive the above information, I shall make necessary arrangement immediately. This is my personal email. mrtheko@live.co.za
Regards
Mr. Theko.

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