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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: Maria Sibanda for the Family <posttnet27@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs.mariasibanda@email.com
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 14:26:31 +0200
Subject: FROM MRS MARIA SIBANDA


Dear Ceo / Sir,

Compliments of the day to you; I know we have not met before, but this
calls for an emergency which gives me no room for much protocol.

I am Mrs. Maria Simba Sibanda a nationality of Zimbabwean; I reside here in
the Republic of South Africa. My husband was a member of the Ruling Party
Zanu- Pf in Zimbabwe and also a personal Aide to President Robert Mugabe.
He is also a mediator between Libya and Zimbabwe on Gaddafi initiative in
Southern Region for Gaddafi International Charity and Development
Foundation (GICDF).He died in Libya years back on a visit to the late Col
President Muammar Gaddafi as a result of the just ended War in Libya.

Before the death of my husband, he had taken my son Mr.John Moyo Sibanda to
South Africa to deposit the sum of US$38,900,000,00 (Thirty-Eight Million
Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),in one of the private
security firm in Republic of South Africa, as if he foresaw the looming
danger in Zimbabwe.

This amount $38.9M was deposited as family valuable documents or treasures
in a confided Security Company here in the Republic of South Africa. The
involvement of our President Robert Mugabe in this regard and his awareness
to these number of deposits has attracted a threat from his security Agents
and that led to my immediate trip to South Africa and since then, I have
been on the hide out.

Because of the recent declaration by the international community for
immediate seizure of the assets of Former Libya Leader Late Col Muammar
Gaddafi, both in cash and properties, our President Robert Mugabe wants to
outsmart us from claiming these deposits hence it has been their
initiatives of looting and to amass Libyan economy in the name of Charity
Organization. For this reason, Mugabe security Agents has been on the hunt
to track my family down and it was in the light of this that I am now
soliciting for your kind assistance to help us make the claim a reality.

I have in my custody all the documents that cover this fund which I will
immediately use your name and Company’s details to replace as my late
husband trustee. I will go on to tender the document(s) to the Security
Company for the immediate release of the fund in your name. Thus to make
this effective, I require that you forward to me your following details:

(a)Your full name............................(b) Your company/Residential
home
address..................................................................................................................................................

(c) Your identity document E.g. driver’s License or passport
copy....................(d)Your profession and
Position...............................(e)Your Tel
No.......................................................................

I will give the details to be given to the security company to use it and
place you as the trustee on the Security Company’s database, while I wait
for your soonest arrival for completion and endorsement of the release
order from the security company.

After this procedure, we will move the fund to the Bank for onward transfer
to your designated account outside South Africa. Please maintain absolute
secrecy and confidentiality of this message. If you are not capable of
handling this transaction, do not disclose it to any other person.

I have two options for you; firstly you can choose to have certain
percentage 25% of the money for nominating your account for this
transaction, 5% mapped for expenses while 70% for my family. Or you can go
into partnership with us for the proper profitable investment of the money
in your country. Whichever option you choose, feel free to notify me upon
your next reply we will negotiate the percentages that will be affordable.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Maria Simba Sibanda

Tel No: +27781779673,Please reply to my email: (
mrs.mariasimbasibanda@webmail.co.za)

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