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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: susan_shabangu1996 <susan_shabangu1996@correo.terra.com.pa>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:35:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YUOU.

From: Mrs. s. Shabangu,

Dear friend,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and I hope this
mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you
as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly
ask that you take due consideration of its importance and the immense
benefit it will be
to you. After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to
contact you for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly
apologize
for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to
you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of integrity.First and
foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is Mrs.
Susan Shabangu, mother of
three and the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy of The Republic of
South Africa for seven years running.You can go through my profile
http://www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp I will now give you a general
overview of the situation. When I was sworn in as Deputy Minister of
Minerals and Energy in 1996, with my influence, my husband Mr. Ndelebe
Shabangu a very successful businessman was awarded several contracts in
my
ministry and had direct dealings with foreign investors in this field.
Due to my political status,I was not involved in my husband's business
which was
very vast and successful. My beloved husband died whilst on an official
trip to Trinidad and Tobago in February 2001.When my husband died, I
was contacted as next of kin
by a private security firm in Europe to come forth with the Certificate
of Deposit and claim a safetydeposit my husband has in their Vault in
his name. At
that time, my children and I did not have an idea where the Certificate
might be. We then instructed the security firm to continue holding the
safety deposit
until further instructions from me. Whilst preparing for the second
remembrance of my beloved husband, Iwas going through his library
collection and to my
astonishment I discovered a Certificate of Deposit for the safety
deposit with this private security firm,and other documents relating to
the safety deposit in a
book.The safety deposit which is a trunk, is stocked with hard currency
(US Dollars)totalling $18,500,000 which was generated from cash
payments from his business
associates in the diamond trade from Antwerp, Belgium.Though I knew my
late husband was in the diamond business, I did not have the knowledge
that he moved
funds in cash. This has came as a shock to me and my children, and we
have decided to have this fund invested immediately in commercial and
residential
properties abroad as well as profitable ventures, as any member of my
family cannot hold such a huge amount in our name due to my political
status, hence
we sincerely propose to you to render us your most needed assistance in
this regard.If you agree to render us your assistance, your role
in this project will be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the
safety deposit containing the funds from the Security firm. Though I
believe this
transaction should be based on mutuality, my family's interest will be
protected by a family associate, who is a lawyer(attorney) attached to
the South African
Embassy in the country where the security firm is located.He is now
aware of the safety deposit, andI have informed him that I am locating
one of my
husband's business associates (you) to handle the funds and invest on
our behalf, as he might be opposed to our decision if he found out that
I barely know
you.For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 15%($2,775,000)
of the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance
in enabling us achieve
this goal.On hearing from you, I will forward your contact to the
gentleman lawyer who will be representing us, and also give you his
contact for both of you to communicate and
proceed with the transaction.He will be working with you for a mutual
conclusion of the process and I look forward to a long lasting
business relationship with you. As you may understand,due to my
sensitive position in the presentgovernment,it is not safe to
communicate with me via phone or
fax.This is why I have communicated with you with my private email
address, and I like us to keep this way,for the safety of this
transaction.
whether or not you are interested in assisting us.This will enable us
make alternative plans, in the event of non-interest on your part.

With warm regards,

MRS. S. SHABANGU
Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
EMAIL: s_shabangu1996@box.az




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