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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: "Ms Zotheni Diya" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zothenidiya09@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:53:17 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear,

My Name is Miss ZOTHENI DIYA, 28 years old, a citizen of SOUTH AFRICA. I am a computer analyst currently working with African Devenlopment Bank. I started working with African Development Bank .(A.D.B.) ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. My Dear, I came across your payment file which was Aprove and your Fund Release Hard Disk Painted Red, I took my time to study your payment file and found out that you have really attempted to receive the funds without success till now.
The most annoying thing is that the directors and top officials of this nations could not tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you;instead they will let you spend money unnecessarily for the own selvefish interest. I swear with my life, I can release this funds to you if you can certify me of my security and how I can leave from this country to meet with you in your Country. This is like a Mafia Setting here if I do this for you, I do not intend to work here all the days of my life and I cannot run back to my country as this Bank have my home address in SOUTH AFRICA, and if I don't run away after I making the transfer to your bank account, I may be in trouble or my life will be in danger.

BUT I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE FUND TO SOUTH AFRICA BANK IN ONE OF THE BIG BANK IN MY COUNTRY BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL BE EASILER FOR ME TO TRANSFER THE FUND THERE THAN STAYING IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO GET IT TRANSFER TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY THAT IS THE REASON I HAVE TO INFORM YOU NOW SO THAT I CAN PROCEED TO GET IT TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ONCE I HERE FROM YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THE FUND TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, AFTER I GET
IT TRANSFER I WILL IMMEDIATELY LEAVE MY COUNTRY TO MEET WITH YOU ON YOUR OWN COUNTRY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ONCE YOU RECEIVE MY EMAIL,


The only thing I will need to release this fund is a Special Hard Disk, we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and punch the computer to make the fund reflect in your bank account within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from here to meet with you in your country if you are interested. But you must assure me the absolute confidentiality of this deal before I can do anything
further and i will let you know the BANK name in SOUTH AFRICA.Do get in touch with me immediately,You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also reconfirm your banking
details, so that there won't be any mistake.
For phone conversation,please call me on +27631849639


SPECIAL INFORMATION:

YOU WILL SEND THE FEE FOR THE HARD DISK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE YOUR TRANSFER OR YOU BUY
THE HARD DISK IN YOUR COUNTRY AND SEND IT TO ME,DON'T CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN NOT SEND
THE HARD DISK FEE FIRST OR THE HARD DISK. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WILL LET
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISK WILL COST YOU.

Regards,

Miss ZOTHENI DIYA

Computer Analyst

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