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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: "george khumalu" <geo_khumalu@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:09:34 +0000
Subject: FROM: MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.

FROM: MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.
TEL:+27-73-1308560
#10 PYBUS STREET,CNR CATHERINE,
STREET,SANTON,
JOHANNESBURG 2001,
REPBULIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
FILE NO:00641/SA/GSFC/IBI.
TOP SECRET/SECURITY CODE:*IBI/GSFC/17*.

ATTEN:CEO/MD,


             STRICTLY  PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
            RE:TRANSFER OF $US15.5M INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

In order to transfer out (USD 15.5 M) fifteen  million five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) from A SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY,name
withheld for safety and other security reasons,in a consignment in disguise as
private antiques and precious stones.I have the courage to ask for your
co-operation,assistance and understanding in this profitable and
lucrative proposal.
I am MR.GEORGE KHUMALU, married and blessed with four children , born
in the northern province of South Africa, also the director of deposite and
realse operations in my firm here in Johannesburg Republic of South Africa.The
deal in nutshell, there is a consignment deposited in my firm in the year
2003, since the year 2004, nobody has paid any security dummurrage on this
very consignment,despite the initial security bill which was paid for a
year,which only covers the bill for 2003 only.

After going through some old files in my possession for the year ended
2004. I observed that this very consignment has overstayed without any body
showing interest of claim or ownership,i was obliged to open the vault
to actually know the content,suprisely the vault was filled with real
cash,hence i discovered that if I do not realse or remmitte this vault
out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. 
However,the owner of this
consignment is Mr.Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner, and miner at Kruger
Gold company, a geologist by profession and he died in April 2001.No other
person knew about this deposite or any thing  concerning to this effect, the
vault has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
my company does not know anything about this vault and the amount involves
is (USD15.5 M) fifteen  million five hundred thousand United States
Dollars.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to an indigine of South Africa , but can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in united states  dollars and the
former owner of the vault was Mr.Smith Andreas a foreigner too. I know
that
this message will come to you as a surprise as we dont know ourselves
before. We will sign a mutual agreement,this will bind us legally, but
be sure that it is real and a transperent business.I only got your contact
address through network online,  with believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have contacted
in this business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
proceeding steps to be taken  immediately.

Send also your private telephone and fax numbers details of the
transfer will commence also as soon as i recieve your positive answer, the full
details of the account to be used for the transfer of the money will be
required and expected of you. I will appreciate to have a meeting with
you  physically,this meeting will enhance and enable for the signing of the
legal binding agreement,this is to bind us together as i earlier said, so
that you can receive this money into  your foreign account or any offshore
account of your choice where the fund will be safer.

Also I will fly to your country for the withdrawal and sharing
subsequently for my investment arrangenments under your directives.I am contacting
you because of the urgent need involved a foreign account and foreign
beneficiary as you can see. I need your full cooperation and
understanding to make this work absolutely and perfectly well because i as the
director of release and depositeoperations with the management are ready to approve
this consignment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this
consignment, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are
able and with capability to handle this amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instruction and advise for our mutual benefits in life.

I need trustworthy person like you in this business because I do not
want to make mistake,also I need your strong assurance and trust.With my
position now in my office I can transfer this consignment to any foreigner's
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be
intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy
all documents of transaction/deposite immediately we received this money,
leaving no trace to any where. You can also come to discuss with me
physically as i said earlier after which I will realse the vault to you
and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money
going into the offshore account.

I will apply for my annual leave to get visa immediately i hear from
you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account with
good intentions. I will use my position and influence to effect legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance forms from the ministries and foreign exchange departments involved. At
the conclusion of this business, you will be given 15% of the total amount,
80% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incure
during the process of transferring the money out from here.
I look forward to your maxiumum co-operation and favourable reply.

Yours faithfully,

MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.
NB:I have made every arrangenment and liaised with a top bank
officer,who works in the forex and international remmittance department of the
Amalgameted Banks of South Africa(ABSA),and he had agreed and accepted
to give us his full and maximum co-operation any time his assistance is
been needed,hence we will make the remmittance/transfer via his bank.
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