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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: ROBERT PHILLIP <medgyesy@t-online.hu>
Reply-To: Robert.Phillip.absa@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:53:51 +0100
Subject: BANK CLAIM PROPOSAL/INFO



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ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

170 Main Street, Johannesburg 2001


South Africa.
E-mail: roberts.phillipabsa@hotmail.com



Attention: Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Robert Phillip, an auditor/bank manager from ABSA Bank of
South Africa {ABSA}. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposal for you. An American Gold consultant/contractor with the
South African Solid Gold Corporation, Mr. Joseph Knight made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$15,200,000.00 (Fifteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the
South African Solid Gold Corporation that Mr. Joseph Knight died in a
plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

Since we got this information about his death. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a will and all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Joseph Knight did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$15,200,000.00 is
still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with
the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come
forward to claim it.

According to Laws of Republic of South Africa, at the expiration of 10
(TEN) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the South
African Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the
next of kin so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get
into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I
will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so
that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits
that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the
services of an attorney for drafting and Authorization of the will and
to obtain the necessary documents and letter of Probate/administration
in your favors for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will
then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for
us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 30% for you. There is no
risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by
the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager grantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested,
please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon
your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction.

You are advised to reach me through e-mail for now due to security
reasons do provide me with the following in your response:

1. Full name and Age.
2. Private phone number.
3. Occupation
4. Residential address.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
roberts.phillipabsa@hotmail.com


Best Regards,

Mr. Robert Philllips
Tel: +27 (0) 60 300 7277
Email: roberts.phillipabsa@hotmail.com
Regards (ABSA).



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