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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: "FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <v.rensburg@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:14:19 +0200
Subject: RE: THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING

FROM THE DESK OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
(ACCOUNTS AUDIT DEPARTMENT)


Dear friend,

I hope this message gets to you in good faith, my name is MR VAN RENSBURG, and I am the executive director account audit department, in a well known bank here in South Africa, because of security reason I will not be able to disclosed my bank now, but upon your respond.

It came to my notice, that on the last audit we had on November 17, 2011, there was a discovery deposit of $13, 500,000.00 which belong to one Mr. Zhang Wei Lee, of 3480 Shenzhen drive, Hong Kong China. And until his death, he was a mining merchant also were a registered investor with South African Mining Corporation, with investor’s registration number: SAF/MM/INV1833/2005-GP, allocated to his company Banqingshe mine, in Sichuan china.

And upon my findings and investigation; I found out that Mr. Zhang Wei Lee is late, also every attempt to locate any of their close relations in the above address prove abortive. And Presently, I intend to look for an honest person, whom I can trust, serious and capable to handle this transfer and that I will present to the bank as the beneficiary to the inheritance since there is no written “will’’ I will guide you all through the claim procedure by providing all relevant information and guiding you in your decisions and response to the bank management. All the papers will be processed, upon your acceptance. You should be able to handle this transaction very well and confidently, as this transaction is made to last for a week if you are serious and after submitting of claiming documents.

Please should you be of good interest, and favored, please kindly contact me as it is risk free from any financial agent, or international transfer monitoring fund. All that required is to open an offer shore local account with my bank or our subsidiary bank, which I will guild you through and will not be noticed that insider are working hand to hand with you. then the money will be paid in the new account and you move it direct to your country account with an no limit platinum ATM card that will be issued after the account opened and it works on every visa card ATM machine, or online transfer, Instead of drugs law enforcement agency transferring fees, others and transferring cost charges, please note that, you don’t need to pay for any document, transfer charges or drug law and taxes. I will give you full details and 30% of the total money, upon your respond.
Thank you


VAN RENSBURG (MR)














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