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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: "Mrs. Miriam Kirundi and Son," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jacobkirundi1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 07:44:15 -0700
Subject: Mrs. Miriam Kirundi and Son

Mrs. Miriam Kirundi and Son Fredrick.
15 West Street,
Crown Mine, Johannesburg
South Africa.

Hello,


It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I need your assistance. I happen to get your e-mail address from your country information exchange here in Pretoria South Africa. I am Mrs. Mariam Kirundi the wife of late Mr. John Kirundi a well-known farmer and businessman from the Republic of Zimbabwe who was murdered in cold blood by the supporter and members of the ruling ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe during the land reform program.

I and my son Jacob has decided to leave this country establish in your country though I have not meet with you before but I believe one has to put confidence and trust in someone in other to succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of $15,000,000.00 Million (Fifteen Million United States United States Dollars) which my late husband has kept for us in Private Security and Finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa before he was murdered.

Now, I and my son Jacob have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for Bank and political reasons as we are here now in South Africa on asylum (Refugee). We want you to help us claim and retrieve this fund from The Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes into businesses with profits there in your country.

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 35% of the total fund and 65% shall be for our investments after all expenses has been deducted. I await your soonest response and please do send to us your personal information as, your private e-mail address, company name, address and Tel/Fax numbers.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Miriam Kirundi and Son,
For Kirundi's family

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