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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: "Ronald Counts" <ronc742@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ronaldcounts591@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:37:31 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Tel: +27633560357
EMAIL: ronaldcounts591@gmail.com
Greetings,
I am Ronald Robert Counts Director Head Accounts Management Section of a
well-known Bank here in South Africa. I have a very lucrative Business
proposal worth of USD$35,000,000.00(Thirty Five Million United State
Dollars).

An Iraqi named Hamadi Hashem a business man made a fixed deposit of
USD$35,000,000.00 in our bank. Upon maturity several notices was sent to
him, even during the war, some years ago (2003-2011). Again after the war
another notification was sent and still no response came from him. It has
been found out that Hamadi Hashem and his family had been killed during
the war in bomb blast that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where his personal
oil well was. I am prepared to split the funds with you 60%:40% by placing
you as the NEXT OF KIN to his deposit.

After series of meeting by the Board of Directors, as at 1:45 pm 29/06/15
it was reached that $35M be transferred Into the government account comes
up next week due to the fact that we have not received further response
from our client Hamadi Hashem or any members of his family. This is in
line with the instructions of the RSA Treasurer, Mrs Rosa Gumataotao Rios
that all unclaimed funds be paid into the South African Government
Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in compliance to Section 3
subsection 1(a) of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) Financial Law
enacted in 2001.

Should you be interested in doing this deal with me, please send me the
following: (1) Your Name (2) Resident Address (3) Your Occupation (4) Your
Phone Number (5) Age/Sex. I will provide you with further information as
soon as I hear positively from you.

Sincerely,
Mr Ronald Robert Counts
Tel: +27633560357



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