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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: MOSES DUNCAN <rev.mosesduncan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev.mosesduncan@superposta.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:44:52 -0700
Subject: From Rev. Moses Duncan

Rev. Moses Duncan
Rivonia Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes
Address: Cnr Rivonia & North Road
PO Box 46, Rivonia, 2128
Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: rev.mosesduncan@superposta.com

My Brethren in the Lord,

Greetings in the name of our Lord, As indicated above, my name is Rev.
Father Moses Duncan from the above catholic mission.

I write to let you know that your beloved sister Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson has just passed on and before she died on her sick, she gave
me your contact details and explained to me how good you were to her
and how you previously attempted to help her with the donation of her
estate to the less privileged.

She further told me that all your efforts were futile due to the
corrupt bankers and Lawyers who kept demanding for divers certificate
and documents that caused you lots of money and at the end of it all,
the funds was not transferred into your bank account hence she donated
the funds to a pastor in Somalia.

She told me that she never forget your past physical and financial
efforts in helping her and as a result of that, she set at side the
sum of USD$200,000:00 (Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) as a compensation
for you but still due to the corrupt government of this country, were
still not able to get the compensation amount from the management of
Standard Chartered Bank.

I visited her at the hospital for prayers before she explained all
these things to me. She told me that she don’t want the corrupt banker
and government officials to claim the USD$200,000:00 dollars she left
behind for you as a compensation.

As a result of her kind heart, l have took it upon myself to ensure
that you receive the funds without further delay. I have therefore
managed to secure the funds from the evil hands of the corrupt bank
officials and placed the funds in a trusted Security company here in
Johannesburg. The name of the security company is G4S security company
and the name of the President in charge is Mr. Andy Baker.

My Brethren in the Lord, l have recently had a meeting with the
management of G4S SECURITY company and they told me that they will
have a diplomat coming to your country on a diplomatic mission and
that if you want, they package your funds in a trunk box and deliver
it to your home/office address in your country. According to the
management of the G4S SECURITY company, they told me that the funds
will be packaged as a family valuables to avoid custom barriers and
deliver to your home/office address in your country.

All you have to do now is to immediately reconfirm your full receiving
address such as:

Your Full name
Home/office address,
Direct Telephone Number,
Nationality
Copy of your identification document
Nearest International Airport to your State.

You are also required to send only the sum of $120 dollars for the
DEMURAGE CHARGES to the G4S SECURITY COMPANY because l have talked to
them and they promised to deliver the consignment to you as soon as
you send the above information and the DEMURAGE CHARGES of $120
dollars to their office. That is the only fee to be paid in this
transaction and the diplomat will deliver the money to your door step
in your country.

Please respond back to me urgently so that the diplomat will leave
today and deliver the consignment to your home/office address.

Note: the above mentioned DEMURRAGE CHARGES of $120 dollars is a once
off fee and will be sent to the G4S SECURITY COMPANY.

Stay blessed.

Rev. Moses Duncan
Rivonia Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes
Address: Cnr Rivonia & North Road
PO Box 46, Rivonia, 2128
Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: rev.mosesduncan@superposta.com

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