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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27839474255 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.gonasegrank77@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: online261335@telkomsa.net
Reply-To: "Mr. Gonasegran Kuppen" <mr.gonasegrank77@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 00:43:51 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Don't Forget To Call!!

From: Mr. Gonasegran Kuppen
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27-839474255
Email: mr.gonasegrank77@gmail.com

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

Good day,

My name is Mr.Gonasegran Kuppen, the Chief Auditor of Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, itâ€™s just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I got your contact courtesy of South African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) in Johannesburg while I was searching for a Foreign Partner. Iâ€™m assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to God about this project, there is an account opened in this bank and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not quickly remit this money out urgently from here it will be forfeited and transferred into Government treasury as unclaimed funds.

The owner of this account is LATE MR. MANUEL ARRIGA, from Portugal who died along with his entire family in the Tsunami Disaster in Thailand, Indonesia and India 2004 and since then the fund has been in a suspense account awaiting any next of kin No one knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and the investigation proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount in the account at the moment is US$18,000,000.00 Million Dollars {Eighteen Million United States Dollars Only).

As the money is in United States Dollars I need a reliable foreign partner/account to transfer the money overseas thus I am contacting you. Please kindly indicate your interest and if so contact me on the above Email or phone numbers to enable me inform you on next step to take. I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the management of my bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your interest. I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need reliable and truthful person in this business relationship because I don't want to make any mistake. I need your strong assurance and confidentiality. With my position now in the office I will be giving you all the information needed from the bank.

The bank will transfer this money to any reliable foreign account, with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. All documents regarding this transaction will be destroyed once I receive confirmation of the money in your account thus leaving no trace to anything. I will apply for annual leave to get a visa immediately on confirmation to receive this fund into your designated account with appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments. At the conclusion of this business you will be given 25% (US$4, 500,000.00) of the total amount, 70% (US$12,600,000.00) will be for me, while, 5% (US$900,000.00) will be for expenses that we might incur during the course of this transaction.

Finally, please if you are interested in this transaction, I want you to send me your Private Mobile Phone and Fax Numbers for Easy Communication including Please kindly call me on the above private phone numbers before sending a mail message for security reasons. While I'm looking forward to receive your immediate reply by phone or email as soon as you receive this letter.

Best regards
Email: back up mail (mr.gonasegrank77@gmail.com)

Mr. Gonasegran Kuppen
(Chief Auditor Standard bank of South Africa).

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