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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:

Fraud email example:

From: George kwasi <kwasigeorge22@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: George kwasi <gkwasi_interbnk@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:24:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: My Dear Friend/And Partner to Be


Formally I am very sorry tointroduce myself in this aspect due to the urgency and confidential of thisissue, my name is Mr. George Kwasi I am a banker by profession from Republic ofSouth Africa. I got your contact information through the online database andhave decided to contact you for a mutual business transaction. I need yoururgent help to transfer the sum of US$12,500,000.00 (Twelve million fivehundred thousand united state dollar) into your bank account over there in yourcountry and you will stand as my foreign investment partner over there in yourCountry. The money is part of the profits made by our bank this year (2014) inthe branch where I am the manager. I have already submitted my annual reportfor this year’s transactions to my banks head-office in Johannesburg - SouthAfrica, and they did not notice the excess profits which I intentionally keptaside for myself, purposely for an offshore investment target.I confidentially deposited the sum of US$12,500,000.00 (Twelve million fivehundred thousand united state dollar) in an escrow account without anybeneficiary to avoid any trace. Due to my current job, I cannot directlyreceive the funds in any of my personal bank accounts here in South Africa, andthe reason is because I am still working with my bank, and the civil servicecode of conduct here in my Country does not allow us to operate a foreign bankaccount, so that is why I need your urgent assistance to transfer this moneyinto your bank account, so that you and I can share the money. I have thedesire to invest my own share of the money in any good business venture overthere in your Country. I also wish to inform you that it is my desire to donate10% of the total amount to charity organizations, while the remaining 90% wouldbe shared between me and you. For the important role that you would play in theentire processes of this transaction, you will receive 40% of the total moneyas your own share for being my foreign partner, while the remaining 50% will befor me. Bee rest assured that there is no risk involved in this transaction asI am in total control of everything. All I need from you is for you to stand asmy foreign partner, so that you can provide a foreign bank account where themoney will be transferred into. Everything can be achievable within the next 7working days if you can assist me in this project.







The intended transaction would be executed under a legitimate arrangement thatwould protect both of us from any breach of the law. However, if this businessproposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology. If onthe contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, please kindly get back tome through my email address   to indicate your interest, so that Ican brief you further.I am thanking you in advance for your anticipated response.Sincerely








 
Mr. George Kwasi



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