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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: paul_mphomakwana@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 07:31:20 -0300 (ART)
Subject: NOTE

From: Paul Mpho Makwana.
Business Executive Date: 25 - 02-2014
Nedbank Group

Dear: Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Paul Mpho Makwana., I am a banker with the Ned Bank of South Africa. I am still working with the Bank, but am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am skeptical to reveal this private information to a stranger. You must Assure que me everything will be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life.

It has been 10 years now most of this greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder money overseas through to the help of Their Political advisers. Most of the funds Which They Transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money que was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the Amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the money HENCE I am aware there is in que official trace of how much was the Transferred all the accounts used for such transfers were closed after transfer. I acted to the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and When I discovered que They were using me to succeed in Their cur greedy; I also cleaned some of Their banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for Them to control.

They laundered over $ 500m dollars, During the process I am sending this message to you The.; I was able to divert ($ 20m) to an escrow account Belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds is because They have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than ten years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas.

The $ 20M has been laying waste but I do not want to retire from the bank without Transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you.

No one will come to ask you about the funds because I will secure vital documentations. I only want you to assist me by providing available bank account where the funds can be Transferred. You are not to face any difficulties or cool the implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, the let me know by replying immediately to enable me give you detailed information on what to do.

For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people que took the whole money did not face any problems. Also this is my chance to grab my own but you must keep the details of the confidential funds to avoid the eyebrows in one in the bank knows about the funds.

If you are capable of being my trusted associate, the declare your consent to me to this email? and my telephone number is +27-73-629-4100.

Mr. Paul Mpho Makwana.
Business Executive
Nedbank Group

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