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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: Themba Khumalo <thembakhumalo2015@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <thembakhumalo2014@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:56:07 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE


REF: BBL/IRD/CGX/HSBC/ABY/NRI/ACCT: 00/17/08/30/04From Mr Themba KhumaloAddress: 101 Sandton Johannesburg, SAGreetings, How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail finds you in an excellent condition of health. I am. Mr Themba Khumalo, Head Accounts Management Section of a well-known Bank here in South Africa. I am personally communicating with you to disclose a mutual outstanding transaction which will benefit us about $10,000,000 (Ten Million United State Dollars) has been dormant and last operated in the past four (10) years.From investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a Hong Kong Foreigner by name Engr Wing Chiu Lee died on the 4th of January 2003 in an automobile accident along Pretoria N1 High-Way.During the auditing and closing of all financial records at the HSBC Account Department 2013 annual Debit and deposited fund confirmation, it was discovered from the records of outstanding Investment fund deposited by him, Also all efforts to get the relatives of this beneficiary was abortive. Information from the National Immigration office states that late Engr Wing Chiu Lee was single on point of entry into South Africa. Since then nobody has done anything as regards to the claiming of this money as he has no family member that is aware of the existence of either the account or the fund. I am responsible for the monitoring and officiating the account. The present mandate I have to present a credible beneficiary opens the way for us to take advantage of the situation and use the money to positively affect the lives of many instead of allowing the funds to be completely lost and confiscated by the bank, since no one knows about the money and no one will come forward to claim the money as we already know, I therefore seek your assistance to stand as his next of kin, Since all documentations and proof of this deposited fund are on my department we can put a claim proposal letter to HSBC Bank, to re-claim the deposited funds through the British International Investment proclamation ACT which will enable the HSBC Bank to release and transfer the heir/ fund to your Bank account.Moreover, with my position at HSBC account Department we can successfully claim this fund with no hitch or risk, the claim process for this transaction will commence as soon as you are willing and ready to keep this deal confidential so we can work together. I have confidentially discussed this issue with you and i prefer a foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of the deceased. This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is Legitimate and does not originate from drug or money laundry. after due processes have been followed. If you are interested in this transaction, Please do let me know immediately so that we can proceed. I will fill you in with further details upon your reply.IMPORTANT NOTICE: Strictly send your response to Email: thembakhumalo2014@gmail.comI look forward to your affirmative response.Yours faithfullyMr. Themba Khumalo

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