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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: "jeromy themba" <jeromythemba300@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:36:05 +0000
Subject: JEROMY THEMBA OF NED BANK



CONFIDENTIAL

TEL:+2783 731 9793

Attn: Sir/Madam


I am (Mr Jeromy Themba) the chief auditor of NED BANK South Africa. I got
your contact address from your country’s Trade Journal. Your impressive and
managerial records made me to solicit for your partnership in these regards.
You are the only person that I have contacted in this business with the
believe that you will not let me down. After going through some old files in
the records department, I discovered that there is an account opened in this
bank in 1994 and since then, no body has operated on this account. The owner
of this account is late MR ALEXANDRE ADAMS a foreign contractor during the
F.W DEKLARK in office and he died since 1997. Up till now, no other person
knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his
country does not know anything about this account and the amount, involved
is US$40 Million( Forty Million United State Dollars).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account late
MR ALEXANDRE ADAMS. was a foreigner and because of that I need to involve a
foreign account, I need your full co-operation to make this work smoothly
because the management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has
correct information to this account. Of which I will give to you later, if
you are able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according
to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because this
opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need your strong assurance, trust and reliability. With my position now in
the office, I can transfer this money to any reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money, leaving no trace of any. You
can also come to discuss with me face-to-face then the remittance will be
made in the presence of both of us.

Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead before the money
gets into your account. I have the tendency to invest my own share of the
money in your country in expectation to sound management and good capital
returns according to your advice. Be assured that you stand no risk of any
kind as the fund belongs to us now. Therefore, after the eventual stage of
the transfer of this fund, I am offering you 25% of the total fund, 70%
will be for me while 5% will be set aside for expenses that might incure
during the course of this transaction OR you can call me on 2783 731 9793
to discuss on the percentage if this did not go well with you.

I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this fund other
business ventures will derive a huge success thereafter. I will use my
position to influence to effect approvals for onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the ministries and
foreign exchange department. I am counting on your sense of
confidentiality, as it is my desire to keep this to yourself.

Looking forward to your urgent response.

Best Regards,

MR JEROMY THEMBA

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