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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: Mr James Thokozani <lifefeeding9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.jamesthokozani2014@email.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:47:08 +0200
Subject: MR JAMES THOKOZANI CONTRACT E-MAIL +27833288861


*JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA*

*TEL NO: +27833288861*

*FAX NO: +27866607688*

*E-mail:* *mr.jamesthokozani2014@email.com
<mr.jamesthokozani2014@email.com>*

*URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL*

Dear CEO Manager Director,



My name is *Mr. James Thokozani*, the Chief Auditor of Amalgamated Bank of
South Africa (ABSA) there is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and
since 1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through
some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not quickly remit
this money out urgently it would be forfeited and transferred into
Government treasury as unclaimed funds,The owner of this account is Late {*Mr
Arthur Gene Billings}* a foreigner and a Miner at Kruger Gold Company. A
Geologist by profession died in 1990.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$38,900,000.00
Million Dollars {Thirty-Eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand 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 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$9,725,000.00) of the total amount, 70% (US$27,230,000.00*) will be for
me, while, *5%* (*US$1,945,000.00)* will be for expenses that we might
incur during the course of this transaction.



Finally, please if you are interested in this transaction, all I want you
to do is to send me your Private Mobile Phone and Fax Numbers for Easy
Communication including your personal Bank Account Details, where this
money will be transferred (Your Bank Name, Bank Address, Account Number,
Account Holder's Name, Bank Branch,Identity Number, Home Address and Your
Private email Address, Occupation and position in your office) Please
kindly call me on the above private phone numbers once you sent a mail for
security reasons.

Best Regards,

Mr. James Thokozani (*mr.jamesthokozani2014@email.com
<mr.jamesthokozani2014@email.com>) +27833288861*

Chief Auditor

ABSA Bank of South Africa

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