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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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Fraud email example:

From: Offc AAK <tnommm02@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:37:54 +0000
Subject: ATTN: Dear Friend


ATTN: Dear Friend

I got your contact email address from the internet directory and decided to contact you for this transaction that is based on trust and your outstanding,I have an interesting business proposal for you that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

My name is Thomas Johnson Accountant officer from African Development Bank South-Africa,this business deal is an abandoned sum of USD$18.5million Dollars that belongs to one of South Africa Government foreign road Contractor Late William Bush an American citizen but base here in South-Africa working as Government road Contractor,he died past 7 years by constructing site,Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives that will come up for the claim of his funds but nobody has done that,I've personally tried to locate any member of his family but have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 7 years now, i have also checked the deposit documents and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin on the deposit.

and this funds can only inherit by any foreigner who will appear as the next Of kin,just as The Management of our bank has instructed me to look for the next of kin or they will convert the funds into the Government Treasury Account as unclaimed funds and the funds will be wasted,therefore I cannot claim these funds without presenting a foreigner to stand as next of kin,this is the reason why I contacted you to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that the funds will be release to you, we will employed the service of an Attorney who will secure all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up this claim in your name as the legitimate next of kin to the late depositor Contractor William Bush then the bank will release the funds to you as the rightful beneficiary.

Furthermore, the sharing pattern will be 50% for me and 45% for you because I am not a greedy person and is a deal between me and you, while the remaining 5% will be for any unforeseen expenses that might emanate,all I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through because this business is 100% risk free and with my position in the bank I will do every thing possible to protect your interest and to make sure everything workout successfully,If you are interested in this deal kindly send me your complete information on this Email:( affricandevelopmentbank@accountant.com ) so that the attorney will start processing the necessary paperwork that will facilitate the release of the funds to you

Best Regards
Thomas Johnson
+27785175185


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