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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?=45=64=77=61=72=64=20=57=69=6E=73=74=6F=6E?= <edward.winston@walla.co.il>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:16:48 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=50=41=59=4D=41=53=54=45=52=20=47=45=4E=45=52=41=4C=20=46=4F=52=45=49=47=4E=20=43=4F=4E=54=52=41=43=54=20=55=4E=43=4C=41=49=4D=45=44=20=46=55=4E=44=53?=





From Salah Fruit Jellies
Johannesburg South Africa
Email me on:salahfruitjellies@gmail.com

To whom it may consign

This is to bring you noticed about the due process of outstanding foreign Contractual/Inheritance payment
which was suspended by the Anglo American Mining Company(AAMC)in South African there by stopping the telex unit to pause the transfer of all foreign contract/inheritance funds to their nominated bank account.

As a result of this development, verification conducted by the Finance Ministry in conjunction with the Debt
Verification Panel on your contract/inheritance case, your file has been endorsed for payment awaiting your confirmations.During the auditing and closing of all financial records it was discovered from the records of outstanding foreign beneficiaries due for payment with the South African Government,to date that your name is next on the list of those who have not received their fund.

Meanwhile, this man whose I.D is attached to this mail came to my office few days ago with a Power of Attorney,
claiming to be your next of kin a true representative and demanded the payment released to him. Below are his
information for you to confirm to this office if this man is truly from your assigned partner or not,
so that the South African government will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account.

NAME: Mr. George Decker Jr.
Citizens Bank Corp.USA
Account Name: C.A.M.P.S, Inc.
Account# 4527223814
Routing # 02400528

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this man is from you. If he is not,
you are requested to fill and send this information for verifications purposes so that your fund will be
remitted into your nominated bank account. As stated in the file here, this fund is as a result of all foreign contractual/inheritance fund.

Information needed from you for verification is as follow:
(1) Your full name and Address:
(2) Age
(3) Your occupation:
(4) Your telephone/fax number
(5) Bank details

Yours Sincerely
Salah Fruit Jellies
Email: salahfruitjellies@gmail.com


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