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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: "Mr. Peter Ndlove" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrpeterndlove@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 22:21:10 +0200
Subject: Good News for Business Opportunity

Greetings,
 
This mail may come to you as asurprise, but I believe it takes only a moment that people meet, become great friends and business partners. My name is Mr. Peter Ndlove The present branch Manager of a bank here in South Africa. I write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you. I have a transaction that will benefit both of us and your assistance will be required as a foreigner.
 
I use to head the Accounts department in my bank head office, but last December I was asked to take position of a Manager in one of our branches whom their manager passed on, so that was how I became the present Manager and discovered a fortune. As I resumed duty, I discovered an account with total sum of $2.8.million {Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} that has not been operated on for the past 3 years.
 
From my investigation, I found out that this account belongs to one Late Mr. Ahmad Mohammed Khaled , a citizen of  Kuwait who died in terminal disease as I have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody has come forward to claim the money as next of kin to the Late Mr. Ahmad Mohammed Khaled meaning that no one is aware of the account. I cannot directly take out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it with me. As the Manager of my bank branch, I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall give you. I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to the account.
 
This may sound too good to be true but there is absolutely no harm in trial, also a wise man once said that the cave we fear to enter many at times holds the treasure we have long been searching for.
 
There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. Contact my private email: mrpeterndlove@gmail.com as soon as you receive this message if you feel we can work together, so as to give you more details.
 
Please, treat with utmost confidentiality and a top secret in view of my sensitive position at the bank. Meanwhile, I will like to speak with you on phone for more information.
Thank you for understanding,
 
Mr. Peter Ndlove
Private Email: mrpeterndlove@gmail.com

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