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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: CALEB MARTINS <johnmore333333@gmail.com>
Reply-To: caleb1234567martins@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:56:17 -0800
Subject: DR


*FROM: DR. CALEB MARTINS*

*5 RIDER HAGGARD CLOSES, 2001 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA*

*TEL: 27-73-022-38-11*
*EMAIL: caleb1234567martins@gmail.com*

* ATTN:*

*My greetings,*

*TRANSFER OF (US$10.5 MILLION) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS*

* We want to transfer overseas (US$10.5 Million) from the Amalgamated Bank
of South Africa ABSA. I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing
bank account or to set up a new bank account 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 for this important business,
trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either
now or in future. I am Dr. DR. CALEB MARTINS, the Auditor General of ABSA,
during the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an
account opened in the bank in 2010 and since 2014 nobody has operated on
this account again. After going through some old files in there cords I
discovered that the owner of the account died without an heir; hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing.*



*The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P. Seaman, a foreigner and an
industrialist, he died in 2012. And no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning It, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death
was the manager of Diamond Safari (Pty) South Africa. We want to transfer
this sum US$10.5 million (Ten Million five hundred thousand US Dollars)
into a safe foreigners account abroad, but I don’t know any foreigner, I am
only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to
a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or driver’s license.*



*The money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Allan
P. Seaman is a foreigner too and the money can only be approved into a
foreign account. Considering the recommendation I received in your favor by
the South Africa Chamber of Commerce as regards your suitability and
reliability in carrying out this transaction, I hereby crave your
indulgence to co-operate with me in this mutually beneficial transaction. I
am revealing this to you, believing in God that you will never let me down
in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you of the next step to take. Please while replying include your
private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit. Also note that upon your reply, we May opt for
telephone and fax communication, as this channel may not be safe for the
transaction. With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any foreigner’s reliable account that you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical
arrival in your country for sharing. The bank Official will destroy all
documents of the transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no
trace to any place. As you receive this fund in your account. I will use my
position and influence to obtain legal approvals for I will apply for
annual leave to get a visa immediately. At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 30% of the total amount, 5% processing of the transfer,
while the remaining 65% will be my. Please if you are interested in this
transaction, contact me with these telephone and Numbers above and I will
give you the procedure of the business.*



*I look forward to your earliest reply.*

*Yours sincerely,*

*DR. DR.CALEB MARTINS*

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