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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: Admin office'<form@icbs.gr>
Reply-To: adminlawfirm@workmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 01:27:54 +0200
Subject: Your response is needed!

Attn: Sir/Madam,

Note: If you receive this message in your spam/bulk folder, it’s because of the restrictions imposed by your mail/internet service provider and I urge to treat this message genuine.

My name is adv. Modise Khoza, I’m the trustee and executor to late Mrs. Aurel Yvonne Mitchley testament codicil from the republic of South Africa. I got your contact email from the South African Network online (SANO) when I was in search for a reliable person to share views about my late client late Mrs. Aurel Yvonne Mitchley, she was a geologist by profession and a miner at Anglo Gold Company residing in South Africa but originally she was from the United States of America and was single all her life until death without an heir.

After the death of late Mrs. Aurel Yvonne Mitchley in September 14th 2017, I then discovered in 2018 my late client had a private bank account unknown anyone and since after her death nobody has operated in this account again. Total amount in this account is sum of thirty five million United States dollars (US$35,000.000) unknown to anyone except me and few senior bank officials. According to the South African law, if after two and half years and no one comes as next of kin to the deceased to claim this money the South African government will divert the fund to Federal Reserve bank account for federal use.

I’m contacting you to stand as next of kin to the deceased reason being that my client was late, had no heir in the country and the SA government is about to confiscate the fund. However, as the deceased trustee and executor I and these bank officials decided to seek for a reliable foreign assistant to stand as next of kin to the deceased to help us transfer the fund outside South Africa into a reliable bank account abroad because this fund can’t be approve to transfer into a local bank account here in South Africa but it can only be approve for overseas transfer. The good news is management of the reserve bank is ready to transfer the fund to anyone abroad that gives information about the deceased, account and the amount of which I shall provide you with all that to ensure smooth transfer into your account for our personal use/investment.

We wish to offer you 30% of the total fund, 5% for expenses during this transaction and 65% remaining will be ours and we will invest the money in your country under your supervision until my physical arrival in your country for proper disbursement/investment. Attach is for your perusal deceased classified documentation.

I advise you get back to me urgent through email or better still call me now on 0027-67-163-0058.

Sincerely yours,
Adv. Modise Khoza


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