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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: mike amazulu <info@ozdemiraltan.com>
Reply-To: mmikeamazuluu@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:34:09 +0300
Subject: business proposal



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Mike Amazulu ATTORNEYS
Attorney’s at Law, Conveyances & Public Notaries
5th Floor, Carlton Centre Johannesburg South Africa
Tel: + 27 782010559
Email: mmikeamazuluu@gmail.com

My name is Attorney Mike Amazulu a legal practitioner based in
Johannesburg and the personal attorney to late Mr. Randolph Marriott, a
Foreign National who died along with his wife and two sons in a robbery
attack in their farm settlement home in Johannesburg, South Africa. My
client was a successful and an accomplished family man who made enough
fortune before his untimely death. Since then I have made several
inquiries through his Embassy to locate any of his extended relatives
but this exercise has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his relatives to locate any member of his
family, not much progress was recorded.

Mr. Randolph Marriott was an influential wealthy businessman, a diamond
magnet here in Johannesburg and he left behind a deposit of Ten Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$10.500, 000.00USD) in
his domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in South Africa.
After the death of Randolph Marriott, his bankers contacted me as his
attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his funds. The
board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated
to provide his next of kin for the payment of these funds or forfeit the
money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to
invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds
after the expiration of the period given to me.

Fortunately, in the verge of my search, I came across your name through
a consultancy firm in your Chamber of Commerce & Industry that provided
me with your reputable data. Being convinced that you might provide clue
to my search. I therefore decided to contact you with these facts before
me because of the similarities. By virtue of my closeness to the
deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client’s
financial standing and the bank account he operates.

I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper
to present you as the next of kin to my deceased client, so that you can
be paid the funds left in his bank account. I therefore seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are
at an advantage. The proceeds of this bank account valued at
USD$10.5Million US Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both share the
funds equally, 50% for me and 50% to you. I shall assemble all the
necessary legal documents that will be used to back up our claim. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing the deal through.

NOTE: PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY EMAIL FOR PRIVACY AND
CONFIDENTIALITY TO ENABLE US DISCUSS FURTHER

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.


Yours Sincerely,
Attorney Mike Amazulu

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