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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: solomonradebe01@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 02:04:41 -0800
Subject: THANK YOU!!


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I am a staff of one of the leading banks in South Africa I am writing asking
for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which I want to keep under your
supervision. The Funds totaling ($14,700,000) I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank here, because
the funds are in US Dollars. The owner of this account is Mr. Morris
Thompson an American, and he died since 2000 in an air crash along with his
wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000 in an Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with other
passengers on board. You can confirm from this website
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Please, I am proposing 40% for you for your assistance while I receive 60%.
Please if you are interested kindly forward to me the following informations
stated below:

(1) Your direct telephone number
(2) Your direct fax number
(3) Your Full Names
(4) Your age
(5) Your Country of Origin
(6) Your Residential Address
(7) Your Occupation

And I will send you all the detailed informations and documents that you
will need to process an application for the claims of the funds.

Regards
Mr. Solomon Radebe.

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