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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: "Mr.Albert Sambo" <141940za@myway.com>
Reply-To: asambo2007@myway.com
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 00:21:43 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From:Mr.Albert Sambo.












From:Mr.Mr.Albert Sambo.SA Post OfficeP.O. Box 10 000PRETORIA0083 SOUTH AFRICA.

{MONEY TRANSACTION}{THIRTY SIX MILLION USD}(RE:TRANSFER OF($36,000,000.USD)

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.Albert Sambo., and I work in theInternational operation department in a Local Bankhere in South Africa On a routine inspection,Idiscovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL Of36,000,000 (Thirty Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet investigation I also discovered that theaccount holder has long since passed away(dead)leaving no beneficiary to the accountThe bankwill approve this money to any foreigner because theformer operator of the a/c is a foreigner and fromIraq in particular and I am certainly sure that he isdead and nobody will come again for the claim of thismoney.it is only a foreigner that can claim this moneywith proper information. I need your cooperation toclear this money from the bank.

I will provide the necessary information needed inorder to claim this money, But you will need to openan account where this can be transferred.If you areinterested send me your private Telephone No And Faxnumber including the full details of the account to beused for the Deposit.Utmost confidentiality is needed in handling this transaction as my job and the futureof my family would be jeopardized if it were breached.

The information required is as below:

Bank Name............Bank Address.........A/C Number...........Beneficiary Name.....

I am assuring you that the transaction is riskfree hence we are going to follow the normal transferprocess .Finally a 30% of the total fund will be givento you for your steadfast corporation.

I look forward for a positive response as quickly aspossible.

Best Regards,

Mr.Albert Sambo.

E-Mial:(asambo2007@myway.com)









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