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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: manojl.owner@bp.sharekhan.com
Reply-To: bulelanitngcuka.attorneys@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:01:32 -0500
Subject: BUSINESS INQUIRY - CONFIDENTIAL .+.


Dear Prosperctive Partner,

I Bulelani T Ngcuka, a solicitor/attorney at law and the legal representative to Late Mr Donnald Kroocmo. I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased client and an investment portfolio which you will find interesting.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.

In 2003, the subject matter; Mr Donnald Kroocmo, an established business man and oil merchant that has oil dealings around Europe and Africa, came to South Africa to explore some investment prospects. He had extensive sessions of business discussions with Audi South Africa car Assembly Company for an investment in the automobile industry. This was when he hired me as his attorney.

In mid-2005, he instructed that a principal transfer of a total of sum of £ 38, 200, 000.00(about US$64.35 Million) be made to a correspondence bank here in South Africa as he was ready to commence the execution of his investment interests here in South Africa. We got in touch with a specialist bank in South Africa, Capitec Bank who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to Mr Donnald Kroocmo. This transfer was successfully made in November 2004.

Unfortunately, Mr Donnald Kroocmo was unreachable from January 2006 and after an extensive investigation to find out why I didn’t hear from my client, I discovered that Mr Donnald Kroocmo had died in an auto crash along with his wife and only daughter in Mainland China. I personally traveled to China and UK to confirm that he was indeed certified dead. Since this discovery, I have carried out an exhaustive search on his actual extended family with the intent of locating any of his close relative who could lay claims to these funds. I visited his bank in UK to check his file for details but unfortunately, my efforts have yielded no results and hence my contacting you.

Capitec Bank got in touch with me last year that this money has not been claimed and will hand over to the government upon completion of 10 year of no claims (in accordance with South Africa laws). Since he died intestate and did not indicate any next of kin in his entries, I was given an ultimatum to produce/provide a relative or next of kin to come for the claim otherwise the funds will be made unserviceable in accordance with existing laws because it will be assumed that no member of his family is alive. He has no next of kin and that’s the reason I am writing you now.

By the way, it might interest you to know that, after a thorough personal investigation in the finance Bank, I found out that some crook senior executives of the bank are currently planning to divert this fund for their selfish interest and only want to use the excuse that since I have not been able to provide a next of kin or legal beneficiary, the money should be made unserviceable and that means reverting the fund to the Government while the company retains a significant percentage of it. After unravelling their plans, I decided to look for someone credible, who I could use to apply for this claim due to the fact that I have perfected a background work to ensure a successful and hitch free compulsion of this transaction. If my instruction is followed accordingly we can transfer these funds to you in 5-10 working days.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds. With my wealth of experience as a lawyer, I will perfect all relevant legal/documentation processes to establish your status as the new beneficiary to the funds.

Upon completing their verification and satisfaction of the legal requirements, which will be based on the details I make available to the bank, the originating bank will instruct the Holding bank (Capitec Bank) to release funds to you. You do not have to have known him. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles I propose that a compensation in the ratio below. 50% shall be for me, 40% for you and 10% for expenses that might be incurred during the course of the transaction. I think this is a fair deal.

In the banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the money will revert back to the state. But I do have big question in this regard, why allow the already-rich South African government to get these funds when we can actually utilize these funds to better our lives and the lives of so many people.

Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a German-South African National we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned often. I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by the Email and the telephone number which I shall provide.

Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to the possible consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my clients. Do not betray my confidence.

If you wish to work with me on this matter, please do confirm your allegiance in clear terms by a return mail: bulelanitngcuka.attorneys@gmail.com or call/text me on +441618504844. But if you are not interested, please do not talk about this to anybody.

If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this.

I await your quick response.

Thanks

Bulelani T Ngcuka


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