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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: Priority Mail <mrhodnetts@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:10:45 +0000
Subject: GENUINE FUNDS TRANSFER OF US$12,000.000.00 USD. LET US
WORK TOGETHER.


Good Day,



I am searching for a reputable, reliable and trust worthy person/Company, who can stand confidently with me in this successful business arrangement. Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you.

I am Mr. Michael Brown (BCom, Dip Acc, CA (SA), AMP), I am the C.E.O of NEDBANK; Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking of South Africa, I got your email address from the business network here in South Africa and I am assured with believe that you are capable and honest to transact this business with me. I want to transfer to overseas (US$12,000.000.00 USD) Twelve Million United States Dollars) from an Oil Company's operating bank account here in South Africa, I want you to quietly look for reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to Provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important transaction, trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in the near future.

In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a Floating fund of the above mentioned amount, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the money in the account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the Oil Company's machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Ginseng Park, the President of the Oil Company was the only signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died after a brief Illness in 2012 and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it and the account has no other beneficiary. And my investigation proved to me that Mr. Ginseng Park, until his death had wanted to siphon that money into his foreign bank account overseas hence he did not disclose the operating devises of the account to the Board of Trustees of the oil company.

I am revealing this believe in God that I will never be let down in this business, and if I receive your response you will be the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped out for the hitch-free transfer of the (US$12,000.000.00 USD) Twelve Million United States Dollars) out of the South Africa here. I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contact.

I need your full co-operation to make this work adequately. Upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and willing to meet up with the instructions for the successful transfer, I shall commence actions immediately to process the payment of the money in your favor as the beneficiary with my influence and the position in the bank I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign bank account, which you can provide. Mr. Ginseng Park is a foreigner so it will be easy and possible for me to transfer this money to a foreign bank account as soon as I have completed the paper works in your name which will take 3 bank working days to get it ready.

I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as possible. Please keep confidential.

Yours Truly
Mr. Michael Brown.
Tel: +27 73516 5780.
Personal Email: michaelwtbrown@hotmail.com<mailto:michaelwtbrown@hotmail.com>
Email: Michaelwtbrown2018@gmail.com<mailto:Michaelwtbrown2018@gmail.com>



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