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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: "george khumalu" <george_khumalu1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: george_khumalu@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:35:16 +0000
Subject: FROM: MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.

FROM: MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.
TEL:+27-73-1308560
#10 PYBUS STREET,CNR CATHERINE,
STREET,SANTON,
JOHANNESBURG 2001,
REPBULIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
FILE NO:00641/SA/GSFC/IBI.
TOP SECRET/SECURITY CODE:*IBI/GSFC/17*.

                               .
ATTEN:CEO/MD,
        
    
                          STRICTLY  PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

                     RE:TRANSFER OF $US15.5M INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

 

In order to transfer out (USD 15.5 M) fifteen  million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) from A SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY,name withheld for safety and other security reasons,in a consignment in disguise as private antiques and precious stones.I have the courage to ask for your co-operation,assistance and understanding in this profitable and lucrative proposal.

I am MR.GEORGE KHUMALU, married and blessed with four children , born in the northern province of South Africa, also the director of deposite and realse operations in my firm here in Johannesburg Republic of South Africa.The deal in nutshell, there is a consignment deposited in my firm in the year 2003, since the year 2004, nobody has paid any security dummurrage on this very consignment,despite the initial security bill which was paid for a year,which only covers the bill for 2003 only.

After going through some old files in my possession for the year ended 2004. I observed that this very consignment has overstayed without any body showing interest of claim or ownership,i was obliged to open the vault to actually know the content,suprisely the vault was filled with real cash,hence i discovered that if I do not realse or remmitte this vault out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. However,the owner of this consignment is Mr.Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner, and miner at Kruger Gold company, a geologist by profession and he died in April 2001.No other person knew about this deposite or any thing  concerning to this effect, the vault has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that my company does not know anything about this vault and the amount involves is (USD15.5 M) fifteen  million five hundred thousand United States Dollars.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to an indigine of South Africa , but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in united states  dollars and the former owner of the vault was Mr.Smith Andreas a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we dont know ourselves before. We will sign a mutual agreement,this will bind us legally, but be sure that it is real and a transperent business.I only got your contact address through network online,  with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the proceeding steps to be taken  immediately.

Send also your private telephone and fax numbers details of the transfer will commence also as soon as i recieve your positive answer, the full details of the account to be used for the transfer of the money will be required and expected of you. I will appreciate to have a meeting with you  physically,this meeting will enhance and enable for the signing of the legal binding agreement,this is to bind us together as i earlier said, so that you can receive this money into  your foreign account or any offshore account of your choice where the fund will be safer.

Also I will fly to your country for the withdrawal and sharing subsequently for my investment arrangenments under your directives.I am contacting you because of the urgent need involved a foreign account and foreign beneficiary as you can see. I need your full cooperation and understanding to make this work absolutely and perfectly well because i as the director of release and depositeoperations with the management are ready to approve this consignment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this consignment, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle this amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advise for our mutual benefits in life.

I need trustworthy person like you in this business because I do not want to make mistake,also I need your strong assurance and trust.With my position now in my office I can transfer this consignment to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for disbursement and sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction/deposite immediately we received this money, leaving no trace to any where. You can also come to discuss with me physically as i said earlier after which I will realse the vault to you and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the offshore account.

I will apply for my annual leave to get visa immediately i hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account with good intentions. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the ministries and foreign exchange departments involved. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 15% of the total amount, 80% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incure during the process of transferring the money out from here.

I look forward to your maxiumum co-operation and favourable reply.

Yours faithfully,

MR.GEORGE KHUMALU.

NB:I have made every arrangenment and liaised with a top bank officer,who works in the forex and international remmittance department of the Amalgameted Banks of South Africa(ABSA),and he had agreed and accepted to give us his full and maximum co-operation any time his assistance is been needed,hence we will make the remmittance/transfer via his bank.

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