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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=55=72=67=65=6E=74=20=4D=61=74=74=65=72?= <urgent.matter@walla.co.il>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:55:47 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=4B=49=4E=44=4C=59=20=52=45=53=50=4F=4E=44?=




MR FIDEL BONGANI                                            
 JOHANNESBURG,
 SOUTH-AFRICA. 


Dear Sir/Madam,
                                                                 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 
Greetings .
 This email  may come to you as a surprise but I plead  with you to patiently read through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not. 
 l wish to solicit for your assistance in the  transaction which l strongly believe will be of mutual  benefit to both of us if treated  with trust and confidentiality that it deserve. 
 My name is Mr Fidel Bongani , a branch manager of a leading  bank in South Africa.  l  wish to seek your  assistance in the transfer of some huge sum of money  into a foreign bank account. 
 This money was deposited in a fixed deposit account in the bank by a foreign national, seven years ago. The  length of time for the maturity of the fixed deposit  was five years which expired towards the ending of  last two years. Incidentally, Mr Frank Malone, who was the  beneficiary died in a car Accident here in south Africa,in may 2009 and he left nobody as  next-of-kin to claim this money. All efforts made to trace any known relations of his proved abortive, and  no one has written our bank in this regard.All modalities for the successful transfer of this  money into an offshore bank account have been put in  place and i am looking for a trust worthy foreign  partner into whose bank account this fund would be  remitted to and it is this regard that i solicit for a partner who will assist  me. I am willing to compensate you with 25% of the  total amount if you should accept to assist me. 
 lf you are interested in giving me the required  assistance, kindly respond to this letter  stating your  telephone/Fax numbers and email address for further action.  Because of the secrecy surrounding this transaction, l  suggest that you contact me through my Email:fidbon2020@gmail.com.. 
 l am looking forward to a favourable response from you  soon. Feel free to ask any question in this regard. 
Yours Sincerely,

Mr Fidel  Bongani. 


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