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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: rachael zuma <rachaelza618@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:31:20 +0000
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

From.Mrs. Rachael Wallesa Zuma
# 9/10 Clasfonx Chelfa Av.
District of Abidjan,
RCI

{HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL} (RE: TRANSFER OF ($72,000.000.00 USD} {SEVENTY TWO
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)We want to transfer to overseas (US$72,
000.000.00 D) from a bank here in Abidjan. I want to ask you to quietly
look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c
immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive
this money as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this
important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never
let me down either now or in future.

I am Mrs.Rachael Zuma Wallesa, The Director of International Relation with
a bank here in Abidjan. During the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993
nobody has operated this account; after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]
hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account Mr .Chris Marco is a foreigner, a sailor who died
in 1993 ; no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that Chris Marco was the manager of Chris Coy.(Gh). LTD.

Account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner in my life,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign
passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
International passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money
is in US dollars and the owner of the a/c Mr. Chris Marco is a foreigner
too, [and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c. Arrange your
A/c and send it to me as follows for the processing of the payment:Thank
you in advance for your anticipated assistance and cooperation.

Full name: ________
Direct phone number: ________
Current residential address: _________
Country of origin: ________
your age.............................
Your E-mail Address:.....................
Account NUMBER:..............
Account NAME:...................
BANK NAME:.................
BANK ADDRESS:..............
SWIFT CODE:...................
YOUR TELPONE
FAX NUMBERS ........

I will Inform you the next step to take, only Send your private telephone
and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the
deposit as stated above.I need your full co-operation to make this work
fine.because the management is ready to approve the payment of this
fortune to any person with the correct information of this account, which
I will pass to you upon your positive response and once I am convinced that
you are capable and will meet up alongwith a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.

I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down,With the
influence and the position of the key bank official involved we can
transfer this money to any foreign reliable account which you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival
in your country for sharing. The bank officials will destroy all documents
of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace in any
place.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount,60% will be for me,5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring and 5% will be for orphanage
homes. Reply to my private mail address <rachlzuma@yandex.com>

Best Regads,
Mrs. Rachael Wallesa Zuma

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