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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: "Auditor FNB Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mikemoloyo2010@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:48:36 +0200
Subject: KINDLY READ AND RESPOND

AUDITOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (FNB) JHB SOUTH AFRICA.
3/5 Rider Haggard Close
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tel: +27 61 155 3306
Email: mikemoloyo2010@gmail.com

Attn: Sir/Madam

I write asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which we want to keep under your supervision.

The Fund totaled Twenty Million United States Dollars. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank here in South Africa, because the fund is in US Dollars.

The owner of this account is MR. WILLIAM BARNES, a foreigner, from American, and he died since 1999. In an air crash along with his wife in 31st Oct 1999 died in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below publisher by CNN WEBSITE PUBLISHED ON CNN.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/110299/Worldandnation/Passenger_list_for_Eg.shtml

I propose Eight Million United State Dollars (Forty Percent) for you while my colleagues and I receive Ten Million United State Dollars (Fifty Percent) and the balance of Two Million United State Dollars (Ten Percent) earmarked for purposes of taxation in your country and mine.

If you are interested, send your name and telephone/fax numbers to me for further details.

Kindly contact me on the above confidential email or telephone.

Thank you and God Bless,

Yours sincerely,

Michael Moloyo.
Auditor FNB Bank
Jhb South Africa

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