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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: js65irwin@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:51:22 +0200
Subject: Very Important.

Good Day ,

I do apologise if my message has come to you abruptly,My name is Mr. Julian
S. Irwin a Deceased Estates Administrator at First National Bank,South
Africa.

I am a partner and colleague of the Chief Financial Officer of my bank(
First National Bank,South Africa),who is the Financial Advisor and Property
Manager to MR. Ottmar Cronje, an Austrian National, who was involved in an
air crash along with members of his family in June of 2010.
Before my partner's late client's death,he was a successful business man and
left behind a huge estate. Unfortunately, the names stated as late Mr.
Ottmar Cronje's next of kin died along with him in the air crash.
Being a Deceased Estates Administrator at my bank,I was given the task of
locating relatives of late Mr. Ottmar Cronje. I have unsuccessfully done all
investigative processes and made several inquiries to his Embassy since his
death to locate any of his extended relatives. After several unsuccessful
attempts in locating a next of kin,i decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail.
As things stand, the bank has issued a Thirty Official Working Day
notice for the next of kin to be provided or the Estate of the Deceased will
be declared unserviceable and will consequently be declared unclaimed and
confiscated by the Reserve Bank Of South Africa
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds and property which
amounts to US$ 25,523.800.00 ( Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Twenty Three
Thousand Eight Hundred United States Dollars) left behind by late Mr. Ottmar
Cronje before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.

Since no success has been made in locating relatives of the Deceased for
over 5 years now, i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin and
new beneficiary so that the proceeds of his Estate valued at US $25,523,800
Dollars can be paid to you and then we all can utilize it for decent
purposes. I have contacted you as a Foreign National because it would be
difficult for this money to be approved to a local bank here as the money is
in United States Dollars and the Deceased was a foreign national.

However, I would like to add here that upon your acceptance to assist us in
this task, You will be rewarded with 25% of the total sum for your honest
assistance and co-operation,15% for Charity(Building of Orphanage homes)
,another 15% for investments that will employ the poor,in the process
alleviating poverty.

My partner and I will receive 40% ,another 5% will be for taxation and any
expenses that may come up either by myself, yourself or my partner during
the transfer. This transfer process is intended immediately after you
declare your interest by providing the below listed information.
Full Names:
Contact Telephone/Fax:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Age:

All necessary legal documents that will be used to back up the claim will be
obtained when we start the application process. All that is required is your
honest cooperation to enable us carry out this deal.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. After your response,we will
discuss further and please do ensure to keep this confidential.

Do contact me on the following email address : julianirwin65@yahoo.com.hk

Best Regards,
Mr. Julian S. Irwin
Deceased Estates Administrator
First National Bank,
South Africa.

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