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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: "Kenneth Mubulu" <kenmubulu@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kennethmubulu@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:13:08 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.

Dear Friend
I am Kenneth Mubulu I am 35yrs oldYears, from the Zimbabwe.
I write to request for your assistance to help me claim my fathers funds
with the one of the commercial Bank in South Africa,
The said funds being the total sum of Eighteen million dollars
he intended to set up a GSM Mobile company before he died.
I want to relocate with the money to invest it in your country, if you can
render me assistance, I surely will compensate you for the services,
please kindly contact me ASAP through this my private e-mail -kennethmubulu@netscape.net ,
so that we discuss the matter further.
I will appreciate if you could forward me your full
details including your full direct phone and fax number, for more confidential discusion.
I wait to hear from you soon
Sincerely,
Kenneth Mubulu.


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