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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: "MRS. ROSELINE MULEKO" <drm_ramabula@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:27:20 +0000
Subject: THANK YOU

ATTN:

I greet you in the name of our lord. My name is MRS. ROSELINE MULEKO, I am a
widow and a motherof Two all girls. I know you will see my letter to you as
an embarrassment considering the fact that we do not know ourselves. I plead
with you to be patient with me I feel very pleased to contact you for some
assistance and business relationship.

I live in South Africa with my children. My late husband was a loving,
caring and hardworking businessman who died unfortunately In a ghastly auto
crash. Before the sudden death of my beloved husband, and father of my
daughters, my late husband intended to establish a business in theunited
states of America with the sum of$30 million united states dollars,
but unfortunately he died before this proposed venture. Following his death,
his family members insisted that I am not entitled to his property (Assets
and money) since I am a woman and my offspring's all girls as I do not have
a male child for my husband.

Well, according to some barbaric traditional laws here in South Africa
(Africa) which doesn't permit a woman to inherit a man's property, as they
are expected by tradition to take over the management of his business and
other properties including myself who automatically becomes a wife to one of
his immediate brothers. Unfortunately to this wicked family members, the
$30million united states dollars which my late husband intended to use in
establishing a business in the United States was deposited in a bank account
unknown to his family .I and the lawyer is the only one aware of this money,
so I have discussed this matter with a staff of the bank that i want this
money personally so that I will be able to take care of my children's
educational needs since my husband's family members vehemently opposed the
furtherance of their education.

According to the staff of the bank, the best way to secure this money is to
transfer this money to a bank account outside South Africa For safe-keeping,
later it will be used for business establishment subject to the Advise of
whosoever finally assists us. At this juncture, I there fore ask for your
sincere assistance in providing us with your bank details and the
enablementto facilitate the remittance of this fund into your nominated
account.

As soon as I get your positive response, I shall provide you with all the
necessary detail for this transfer. However, I have decided to to give you
30% of the total money as a reward for your sincere assistance and the
remaining 70% of the money will be for my investment as I will want to keep
aglow my late husbands dream of investing in real estate. To be able to
helpme, kindly send through my email, your personal details including your

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:

for easy communication.

send your reply to my priavet e-mail address muleko@pekklemail.com

Thanking you for your anticipated response

MRS. ROSELINE MULEKO





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