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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: SUSANSHABANGU <susanshabangu@web-mail.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:24:44 +0100
Subject: JOINT VENTURE.


From: Mrs. Susan Shabangu

Greetings to you,

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.I got your
contacts through my personal research and out of desperation decided to
reach you through this medium.

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 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 Simon 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 husbands business
which was very vast and successful. My beloved husband died whilst on
an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in February 2001.

YOU CAN GO THROUH MY WEB SITE:
www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066

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 safety deposit 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, I was 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 in a trunk box, is stocked with hard
currency (US Dollars) totalling $25,000,000 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 here in south africa, 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,

For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 30% 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 security company and i will send to you an application text that
you will send to the security company to make claim to the consignment.

I 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 present government,
i have to communicate with you first via email.This is why I have
communicated with you with my private email address, and I like us to
keep it this way for now, whether or not you are interested in
assisting us please let me know.This will enable me make alternative
plans, in the event of non-interest on your part.

With warm regards,
Mrs. S. Shabangu














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