419 scam: Mrs. Johanna Gerda Bothma <bothma0001@gmail.com> Dear Sir / Madam

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bothma101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs. Johanna Gerda Bothma <bothma0001@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:43:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Dear Sir / Madam

Dear Sir / Madam, My name is Mrs. Johanna Gerda Bothma, am the Joint global head of equities & risk manager of the First National Bank Plc (F.N.B) South Africa. I am responsible for all risk and financial policies at the bank. I got your contact details from the national wide e-mail user on my search for a capable and trust worthy person for this deal and decided to contact you directly after due considerations concerning this confidential matter. I am contacting you for a legitimate business transaction strictly and confidential to you. I discovered a dormant account in our Bank during our last pre-auditing, with a total sum of US$29,400,000.00 from my investigation, it was clear to me that the owner of this dormant account by name John Shumejda is dead, for more details visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm Since his death, nobody has operated in this account because the account has NO BENEFICIARY NEXT OF KIN attached to it. According to the South African Government New law that all dormant account will be confiscated by law if it remains dormant without any claim. I therefore solicit for your sincere cooperation in receiving this fund in your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund, to avoid confiscating of the fund by the South African Government. If you are interested, kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I can advise you on the information needed from you which the Attorney who is going to work with me here will use to start to secure all legal paper work in your name and Letter of Administration from the Probate South Africa Government that will legalize and authorize you the beneficiary to the fund and to enable the Bank release the fund to your bank account. This transaction will be done in a legitimate procedure within 10 banking days depending on your cooperation with me, be informed that this transaction is 100% total risk free on both sides. If you have any questions kindly state them in your reply to my email: bothma101@gmail.com and I will respond to that. Best regards, Mrs. Johanna Gerda Bothma Joint global head of equities & risk manager

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