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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: "Jeffrey Osia" <jeffreyosia@kpmg.com>
Reply-To: "Jeffrey Osia" <jeffreyosia@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:06:44 -0500
Subject: For your attention




KPMG Crescent,85 Empire Road,
Park town, 2193,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tel: +27618005872
Fax: +27865379867


Pardon my intruding, as I realize that, naturally this letter will come to
you as a surprise due to the fact that we have never met before. I would
respectfully request that you treat the contents of this letter as
privileged and proprietary and respect the integrity of the information
you come by as a result of this correspondence because I am contacting you
independently.

However, it is with due respect that I humbly seek your assistance as I
make this appeal to you with the understanding that any facts or opinions
expressed in this letter are given in confidence and solely for your
personal information and use.

I am afraid this is the only way I can get this issue resolved.
Nevertheless if this does not interest you, kindly disregard this e-mail;
otherwise if you are interested, I open my arms wide to do business with
you.

I am an auditor with a reputable auditing firm here in the Republic of
South Africa (KPMG) few years ago; I came across some funds in an account
that had been dormant for a long period of time. The account was worth
$USD35 million (Thirty Five million United States Dollars) after thorough
investigation, I found out that the owner of the account had passed away
10 years before and there was no record of any family member(s) or next of
kin who came forward to claim the money.

I therefore secretly invested the amount in a high interest investment
product with a reputable bank which ran for ( 3) years, hence I made a
huge profit of Four Million Three and Twenty Thousand Dollars
($4,320,000.00) for myself.

The investment program has been discontinued and i have returned the
capital back to the bank coffer. Presently, the ($4,320,000.00) profit I
made is in an escrow account with the bank. I need your kind and humble
assistance as a foreign partner to enable me pull out and transfer the
interest I made from the investment to your country or any other account
of your choice.

I will need you to partner with me and provide a foreign account where,
after all documentations, we can wire transfer this fund. You are free to
open a new bank account for this transaction, if you don’t feel
comfortable to use your regular bank account. I will be ready to meet with
you as soon as you have confirmed the funds in your bank account.

I am willing to share you 25% of the money and 75% will be for me. This
transaction is 100% risk free. There are no risks involved in this
transaction.

If you are willing to carry out this transaction with me, please get back
to me.

I look forward to your swift response.

Yours Faithfully,
Jeffrey Osia,


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