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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. Fredrick Klark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredrickklark@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:04:05 +0200
Subject: Re: Thank You For Your Urgent Reply

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day, how are you? With due sense of honesty, respect and understanding I request your permission to introduce myself and hope it get to you in good faith, my name is Mr. Fredrick Klark, Auditing and accounting Manager HSBC Bank of South Africa, I got your email contact while searching for a reliable, trusted and sincere person that can help me.
Please can I confide and have confident in you? Can you be able to partner me?
This is vital secret information meant to be utmost secret because of my job and it is not mandatory or obliged that you must partner me or involved, but I sees it as an opportunity that will enable us financial freedom.

There is an account opened in my bank (HSBC) in 2003 and since 2009 nobody has operated on this account again. While on my official auditing, I discovered that this account has been dormant for years and after my findings from beneficiary Company, I was told that the Account beneficiary holder is late and there was no next of kin on the account opening details and these frustrate establishing further contact with his relatives.
The account was opened and operated by Mr. Anderson Del, an American Geologist with Kruger Gold Mining Company South Africa, who died in 2008 and from the account detail as recorded in our bank data has no beneficiary to inherit the sum of US$1,900,000.00 (One Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Please as a foreigner, I seek your assistance and partnership to stand, transfer this money overseas to your account as the next of kin. I will obtain every necessary document that will authorize and empower you as the next of kin, I will give you the statement of account till date and back you with useful information that may be required by my bank.
Please I request your full co-operation to enable this transaction effective, as my management is ready to approve this payment to you as foreigner that has correct information on the account, which I never include in my report because of my desire to seek for partnership, but I will give you if you indicate your interest. Please be confident because this opportunity will enable me to invest oversea. I need sincerity; assurance and confidentiality that upon transferred this money to your account that my remaining balance after you take your 40% will be saved with you? I am offering 40% of the total amount. Finally, please if you are interested in assisting me, kindly reply urgent to enable me obtain the necessary documents in your name:

Mr. Fredrick Klark

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