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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: "MR.Nardhamuni Ganas" <mr.ganasnardhamuni@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.ganasnardhamunin@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:35:34 +0200
Subject: FROM: MR. Nardhamuni Ganas Chief Auditor NedBank


CONFIDENTIALITY AND HONESTY NOTICE

FROM: MR. Nardhamuni Ganas

Chief Auditor NedBank

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: +27611137381

WHATSAPP: +27611137381



EMAIL: mr.ganasnardhamunin@gmail.com

EMAIL: mr.ganasnardhamuni@gmail.com



Good Day,



My name is MR. Nardhamuni Ganas, the Chief Auditor of Ned Bank of

South Africa (Ned Bank). There is an account opened in this bank in

2005 and since nobody has operated on this account again. After going

through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not

remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited.



The owner of this account is Mr. Clifford M. Thompson, a foreigner and

a Miner at Kruger Gold Company. A Geologist by profession died in 2020

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 (USD$55MILLION (FIFTY-FIVE

MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)



As the money is in United States Dollars I need a foreign

partner/account to transfer the money overseas thus I am contacting

you. Please kindly indicate and if so contact me on the above phone

numbers to enable me to inform you of the next step to take. There is

no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done

by the attorney and my position guarantees the successful execution of

this transaction. I need your full cooperation to make this

transaction work because the management 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 will

be able to handle such an amount with strict confidence because this

opportunity will never come again in my life. I need a truthful person

in this business relationship because I don’t want to make any mistake

and I need your strong assurance and confidentiality. With my position

now in the office, I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign

account, with the 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 a 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 40% of the total amount,

55% will be for me, while 5% 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 transfer (Your Bank Name, Bank Address, Account

Number, Account Holders Name, Bank Branch, Identity Number, and Home

Address.



Please kindly email or call me on the above private phone numbers before
Sending a fax for security reasons. I'm looking forward to receiving your
immediate reply by phone or email as soon as you receive this letter.





Best regards

MR.Nardhamuni Ganas

Chief Auditor Ned Bank

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