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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 Hossein Ghaderi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hossein.ghaderi@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 08:06:10 +0100
Subject: Urgent reply needed

Reply only via my private email: hossein.ghaderi@outlook.com

Good day to you,

I am writing you regarding to a very important matter that require urgent attention and immediate expedition,with full possibility of changing both our lives.

I am an Account Officer with Co-operative Bank Plc of South Africa, My name is Hossein Ghaderi ,a Senior Accounting Officer. I am the personal Account Manager to late Engineer Michael " who is a National of your country. He was a foreign worker here, and i believe is your relative, he used to work with one of the biggest mine industry Firm here in South Africa. Here in after shall be referred to as my client, my client passed on as a result of a ghastly motor accident along side with his wife and two kids on the 25th day of September,2012.

After these several unsuccessful attempts in locating any of his relatives, distant or near, I decided to trace his name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money and assets left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the Co-operative BANK PLC.

The deceased had an account Valued at about ($15.2 million US dollars) and the bank has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased, or have the account confiscated within the next 7 official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives for almost a year now to claim the funds. On this note I am seeking your consent and cooperation to present you as the next of kin of the deceased for claiming of the funds, since you answer the same last name as the deceased so that this account valued at ($ 15.2 million US dollars) and the rest of his assists can be paid to you as his next of kin.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through as I have already drafted out the strategies in other to enable us do this without breaching any law.

Please get in touch with me with your contact number and address through my private email address: ( hossein.ghaderi@outlook.com ) and let me know the best time to reach you.
Thank you very much and Best Regards,

Mr Hossein Ghaderi
Senior Accounting Officer
Co-operative Bank Plc
Johannesburg South Africa

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