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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Denis Brown" <infor2010@rogers.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Denis Brown" <brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:52:24 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DEAR I NEED A FAITHFUL SOMEONE
FROM
DENIS BROWN.
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EMAIL: brownsdenis21@yahoo.co.za Â
My name is Mr. Denis Brown. I am abanker with the Ned Bank of South Africa.
I am still working with the Bank, butam about to retire from active Bank service to start a newlife but I amskeptical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger .You must assure methat everything will be handled confidentially because we are not going tosuffer again in life.
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It has been 10 years now that most ofthe greedy African Politicians used our bank to laundermoney to overseasthrough the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which theytransferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that wassupposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisersalways inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also usedthe opportunity to divert part of the money hence I am aware that there is noofficial trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for suchtransfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to mostof the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed intheir greedy act; I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bankfiles and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them tocontrol. They laundered over $150m dollars, during the process .As I am sendingthis message to you; I was able to divert more than ($50m) to an escrow accountbelonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who thebeneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with thefunds. It is more than ten years now and most of the politicians are no longerusing our bank to transfer funds overseas. The $30M has been laying waste but Idon't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreignaccount to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money will beshared 60% for me and 40% for you.
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There is no one coming to ask you aboutthe funds because I secured everything. I only want you toassist me byproviding available bank account where the funds can be transferred. You arenot to faceany difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me knowby replying me immediately to enable me give you detailed
information on what to do.For me, Ihave not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took thewhole moneydid not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own butyou must keep the details of thefunds secret to avoid leakages as no one in thebank knows about the funds.
Please supply me the following:Yourcurrent contact address and Telephone Numbers. Whether you will be able to comedown to mycountry to meet me before the commencement of the transfer.
I shall intimate you on what to do whenI get your confirmation and acceptance.
If you are capable of being my trustedassociate, do declare your consent to me.
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Waiting for your urgent response.
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Mr. Denis Brown
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