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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: Mr. Joseph Ndlovu <mr.josephndlovu@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:06:12 -0500
Subject: Business Proposal

DEAR PARTNER,

I guess this letter might come to you as a surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you, But with due respect I got your contact from the Internet in my research for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to assist me in handling a very confidential business transaction involving the transfer of US75 million dollars only. The above fund is not connected with arms, drugs or Money laundering; neither is it related to any terrorist sponsor of any sort.

I am Joseph Ndlovu, an accountant and bank manager. The Board members with the office of the Director, International Remittance/Foreign Operation, has approved and accredited this reputed bank to handle and transfer all foreign inheritance funds this final quota of the year. I have a client involved a German and an oil merchant broker, who died in a plane crash with his wife and children in the Air France concord plane crash bound in their trip for a world cruise. Hence the dormant nature of His account and without any traceable next of kin and if I do not remit this money out urgently, the account will be confiscated and the funds will be re-channelled into the government purse, though I have tried to contact any of the relatives but to no avail.

All i need from you is to stand as the next of kin to my late client which I will present you and provide either an existing bank account or set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this fund or you help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can assist us. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved for a local account here and I am not supposed to be in possession of such amount of dollars, but the fund can only be approved to any foreigner whom i present as the beneficiary.

I will use my position in the Bank to do all the underground work and hasten the approval and release of the funds in your favour. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the funds in your account and ask me to come over to your country for our subsequent sharing of the fund according by percentages. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction will be 100% risk free and will only take us 14 Banking days to finalize because as a banker, I know the Banking procedures, so do not border or entertain any atom of fear as all modalities has been mapped out to achieve success and this is my 25 yrs in the banking industry.

At the successful completion of the transaction, you shall be compensated with 30% of the money for standing in as the beneficiary of the funds while 70% goes to me as the originator of the transaction.

I suggest we meet face to face to get acquainted, as the fund in question is a large one before we commence with the transfer. I need your full co- operation to make this work fine, as I will use my office to see that the transaction is hitch free and I will destroy entire documents relating to the transaction once we conclude the transaction. Please, you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal.

Further details about this transaction will be discussed in the subsequent correspondence.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address: mr.josephndlovu@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,
Mr. Joseph Ndlovu


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