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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. Chris Mackintosh <ChrisMackintosh@idbsa.sa>
Reply-To: chrismackitosh@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:36:26 +0300
Subject: Re: Urgent Respond Required

ATTN: From The Desk of
Mr. Chris Mackintosh Audit Committee
International development Bank of Cape Town ,South Africa


Attn: Sir,

I’m Mr. Chris Mackintosh Director of Foreign Remittance and Credit Control Department) of International development Bank of Cape Town ,South Africa. I write you concerning our late client Dr. Morgan Chase, bank account details. This demands your utmost confidence. Dr. Morgan Chase, left in our bank sixteen Million seven hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars $16,750,000.00USD and unclaimed funds and valuables respectively before he died in a plane crash with the entire family. Hereinafter referred to as 'my client' who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2007. Since the death of my client in Nov, 2007, beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. More so, I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants, The board of directors of my bank now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. I want you to assist in receiving this funds and valuables in your bank account at NO RISK.

I am offering you 45% of the total amount and also 45% of the total proceeds, if you are interested kindly get back to me with your full contact Information so that we can proceed. There is no risk involve since I am working in the same bank.

It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

Send your full details as follows.

Your full name:
Contact address:
Private telephone number:
Age:
Occupation position:

I will appreciate it very much, if this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we can achieve it successfully.

Best regards
Mr. Chris Mackintosh
Audit Director


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