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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: "South African Reserve Bank"<resbank.co.za@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 18:43:33 +0200
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal



=

Head of Accounting and Transfer Department =

South African Reserve Bank.
Email: resbank.co.za@accountant.com
=

=

I=2019m Mr. A D Mminele, Head of Accounting and Transfer Department also =
the Deputy Governor of SARB. =

I have an urgent and very confidential business proposal for you; An Ameri=
can Gold consultant with the South African Solid Gold Corporation Mr. Charl=
es Russell, made a numbered time fixed deposit for twelve calendar months. =
This was valued at Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars in =
our 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 employers, that Mr. Charles Russell had died in a plan=
e crash in Alaska on an Alaska Airlines flight number 261. On further inves=
tigation, I found out that in his will he left a message that the inheritor=
of his estate should not forget about charity, however Mr. Charles Russell=
, did not leave a name on this will. I then tried to contact family/friend/=
colleagues and all attempts to trace his next of kin where fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Charles Rus=
sell, did not declare any Next of kin or relations in all his official docu=
ments, including his bank deposit paperwork in my Bank. The sum of US$14,50=
0,000.00 is still sitting in our Bank and the interest is being rolled over=
with the principal sum at the end of each year as no one ever came to clai=
m it. According to the Laws of United State of America, at the expiration o=
f 17 (Seventeen) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Ameri=
can Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my propos=
al is that I will like you as a person or company to stand in as the next o=
f kin to Mr. Charles Russell, so that the fruits of this old man's labor wi=
ll not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is sim=
ple, I would 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 ne=
cessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for th=
e transfer. =

=

You will be required to fill some forms as the beneficiary/next of kin, th=
en after I have done all the paper works and get all the required documents=
for the transfer, once it has been approved the Total amount shall be uplo=
aded in ATM Card and deliver to your address. After you have received the A=
TM Card in your name with the total amount in it successfully we will then =
share it in the ratio of 45% for me and 45% for you and 10% will go for exp=
enses made to get this transaction done. There is no risk at all as all the=
paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my positio=
n as the head of accounting and transfer department of SARB I guarantee th=
e successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please r=
eply immediately via my personal email above. =

=

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevan=
t documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me y=
our confidential email address and phone number for easy and private commun=
ication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this =
transaction would be most profitable for both of us. Awaiting your urgent r=
eply via my confidential contact details, you can contact me at all times. =

=

Please I want this to remain private and personal between me and you I wou=
ldn=2019t want the bank to know that I have a hand in this for it will put =
my job at risk, our communications will be basically through my personal em=
ail address.
=

Best Regards, =

Mr. A D Mminele.

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