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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: "Dr.Cyril Paul" <drcyrilpaul3@mighty.co.za>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:54:38 -1200
Subject: MY GREETINGS TO YOU!!!

FROM:Dr.Cyril Paul (IICA)(PhD)

Greetings to you!

I hereby contact you personally concerning the situation in
my
bank.I am Dr Cyril Paul, the Regional computing auditor of
(STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) JOHANNESBURG BRANCH (SBSA).
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise
considering we don’t know ourselves before or have we met
with
each other before. I have the courage to look for a
reliable and
honest person who will be capable for this important
business
believing that you will never let me down either now or in
future
There is an account opened in my bank in 1985 and since 1992
nobody
has operated on this account. After going through the
records and
old files of the account I discovered that the account has
been
dormant and if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be
forfeited and according to South Africa banking laws and
act of
1992,the money will be reverted back to the government
treasury
after 15 years if there is no valid and legal claimant. I
need a
foreign partner that I will present as a relative to this
late
man.I have mapped out strategies to transfer this money
overseas
for proper investment that will benefit us. The owner of
this
account is Mr. Daniel B.Jones, a foreigner, and a Miner at
Kruger
Gold Co. a geologist by profession here in Johanessburg and
he
died since 1990. No other person knows about this account
or any
thing concerning the account, the account has no
beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that his company does
not
know anything about this account.The amount involved is
us$34,000,000 Thirty Four million dollars. In order to
transfer
out this {Us$34,000,000} Thirty four million us dollars I
will
need you as a foreigner that i present as the beneficiary
because
this money can not be approved to a local acoount here, but
can
only be approved for payment to any foreigners account that
i wll
present to my bank as the beneficiarys account,because the
former
owner of the account is Mr.Daniel B Jones, who is a
foreigner too.
I pray to God that you will never let me down in this
business,
you are the only person that I have contacted in this
business,
so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next
step
to take urgently. I will want us to sign a binding
agreement to
bind us together so that you can receive this money into a
foreign
account or any account of your choice where the fund will
be
safe.I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.
Because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner
that i will present to them as the beneficiary of the money
I need
a truthful person in this business because I don't want to
make
mistake and I need your strong assurance and trust. With my
position now in the office I can get approval for release of
this
money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you are
going
provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing as will be
agreed. I
will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive
this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my
position
and with the services of a very good banking lawyer to
effect
legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your
account
with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and
foreign
exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business,
you
will be given 50%of the total amount, 50%will be for me and
my family, I look forward to your earliest reply through my
e mail address.
Yours truly,
Dr Cyril Paul.
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
NOTE: you can as well write me through my alternative
Email address:(drcyrilpaul3@mighty.co.za)



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