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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: "Frank Makuleke"<frankmakuleke@web.co.za>
Reply-To: frankmakuleke147@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:34:35 +0200
Subject: SEEKING PARTNERSHIP



I am, Frank Makuleke, an Auditor of a bank in South Africa.

During our second quarter audit, we uncovered a timely huge deposit made to the bank in July 2010, by one the bank customer by the name of MR. Mansour Abouen, valued at $30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) under NON-DISCLOSURE ACT.

The owner of this account is COL. MUMMAR GADDAFI, late Libyan president who died since 2011 during Libya uprising and NATO invasion in Libya.

I seek your consent to present you to the bank as next of kin and beneficiary to the unclaimed fund.


kindly contact me via Email:frankmakuleke147@gmail.com

Email: idesk@o2.pl
Mr. Frank Makuleke.

NOTE: view this link for me information on this transaction:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/found-in-sa-libya-s-trillions-1.1791851#.vj02p7erLIU
http://www.timeslive.co.a/local/2013/06/02/gaddafi-billions-found-in-sa1

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