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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: "SUSAN SHABANGU" <shabangususann@msn.com>
Reply-To: freechatwithsusan@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:53:08 +0000
Subject: Very Urgent


Ms Susan Shabangu (ANC)
Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
391 Mineralia Centre
cor Andries and Visagie Streets
PRETORIA.
Republic of South Africa.
Tel: (021) 461 5610/1/2/3
Fax: (021) 462 2947
Email: susanshabangu_2006@yahoo.com
10th-1-2006.

ATTENTION: Very Urgent

Dear Friend,

I am Ms Susan Shabangu,A a mother of three children and the Deputy Minister
of Minerals and Energe Federal Republic of South Arica since 1st April 1996
to date under the President of South Africa MR. THABO MBEKI. You can view my
profile at my website.

http://www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066

I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that
should be handled with extrem confidentiality.After due deliberation with
my children, I decided to contact you for your assistance in standing as a
beneficiary to the sum of US$7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) in a Financial and Security Company.

After the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy Minister of Minerals and
Energy, my husband Mr Ndelebe Shabangu died while he was on an official trip
to Trinidad and Tobago in 2002. After his death, I discovered that he had
some funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of US$7.5M with a
Financial and Security company. This fund emanated as a result of an
over-invoiced contract which he executed with the Government of South
Africa. Though I assisted him in getting this contract but I never knew that
it was over-invoiced by him. I am afraid that the government of South Africa
might start to investigate on contracts awarded from 1998 to date. If they
discover this money in his bank account, they will confiscate it and seize
his assets here in South Africa and this will definetely affect my political
career in government.

I want your assistance in clearing this money from the Finance House. As
soon as the fund is cleared, you are expected to move it immediately into
another personal bank account in your country. I will see to it that the
account is not traced from South Africa. As soon as you have confirmed the
fund into your account, I will send my eldest son with my Attorney to come
to your country to discuss on business and investments.I have also decided
that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my
receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of this
transaction, I will immediately contact my Attorney for him to arrange and
transfer all the rights of ownership of this fund to your name to facilitate
your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me urgently via E-mail as you provide me with the
following as listed below so that i will foward it to my Attorney. 1. Your
Full Name 2. Your Private Telephone Numbers and Fax Number 3. Your Contact
Address. (House Address) 4. Age 5. Occupation.

However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with
me that you will not elope with my fund. If you agree to my terms, kindly as
a matter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sensitive position in the
South African Government, I would not want you to call me on phone or send a
fax to me. All correspondence must be by email to my private email.

You have nothing to worry about, as my Attorney will be there to assist you
in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. If you are interested,
send all possible suggestions and interest to it to my private
mail{susanshabangu_2006@yahoo.com} as soon as possible so that we can
proceed.

Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality
if this transaction must succeed. YOU MUST NOT CALL ME! If you do not feel
comfortable with this transaction, do not hesitate to discontinue.

I await your response urgently.

Regards to your family.

Yours faithfully,

MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
South Africa



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