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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:

Fraud email example:

From: henry kunene <henrykunene2015@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:30:06 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

AUDITOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT (FNB).

3/5 Rider Haggard Close

Johannesburg, South Africa.

Tel: +27 61 155 3306

Reply Email: mmoloyo2015@yahoo.om



Attn: Sir/Madam,



I write asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which we want to
keep under your supervision.



The Fund totaled Twenty Million United States Dollars. I am only contacting
you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank
here in South Africa, because the fund is in US Dollars.



The owner of this account is MR. WILLIAM BARNES, a foreigner, from
American, and he died since 1999. In an air crash along with his wife in
31st Oct 1999 died in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on
board. You can confirm this from the website below publisher by CNN WEBSITE
PUBLISHED ON CNN.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/110299/Worldandnation/Passenger_list_for_Eg.shtml

I propose Eight Million United State Dollars (Forty Percent) for you while
my colleagues and I receive Ten Million United State Dollars (Fifty
Percent) and the balance of Two Million United State Dollars (Ten Percent)
earmarked for purposes of taxation in your country and mine.

If you are interested, send your name and telephone/fax numbers to me for
further details.

Kindly contact me on the above confidential email, telephone or fax.

Thank you and God Bless,

Yours sincerely,

Michael Moloyo.

Auditor FNB Bank

Jhb South Africa

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