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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: "Myself" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thanjamesmbuya@bsdmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 07:24:53 -0000
Subject: Hello


My Name is Ethan James Mbuya, Director of operations; Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my
urgent need for a foreign partner that prompted me to contact you for this transaction.

An account was opened in my bank by a customer Mr.Thomas Homas Bahia a Dutch National who was a consultant contractor with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power
here in South Africa. He made a number of fixed Deposit with my bank valued at $37,521,457.00 for twelve calendar months since 2010 which has been rolled over twice in
2011 and 2012 upon maturity expecting him to come forward to with further instruction on his account.

He never did, so we sent series of routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. I decided to contact few workers left in his consulting office, only to discover that MR. THOMAS BAHIA and his family were involved in the Libya plane crash of 12th May 2010. You may have read or heard about the plane crash. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

If no direct or indirect claim is made on the deposit at the end of the expiration period stipulated by the South Africa financial law, the fund will be tagged
"Unclaimed funds" and will be taken over by the government treasury department. So I am contacting you to file an indirect claim application as next-of-kin to the fund for joint investment purpose between you and I in your country. This is the right time to make the move before the closing of the account year for 2018.

There is no risk involved as I will guide you through the whole process, ensuring the necessary document is secured in your name from the deposit dossier with the
bank and the required approval secured to guarantee a successful release of the fund to your as next-of-kin.

As the account officer to Mr.Thomas Homas Bahia as at when he made the various deposit and later I rose to the position of head of the operation, nobody is aware of
the fund status since I have continually and recently rolled over the fund while making and strategizing my plan when I discovered the customer or anyone from him will
never come for the fund.

This is a good fund you and I can easily invest in your country as I will not want my share return immediately untill I retire from active service from the bank.

Looking forward to your reply to enable us make progress.

Thanks,
Ethan James Mbuya.

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