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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "frank zuma" <frankzuma_inc@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 14:55:57 +0200
Subject: Re: Trip to South Africa

Attn: Carlotta,

 

Thanks for your mail and your calls, but those times you were calling me was very late hours here. I discussed with my client in regard to donating money to charity through you and she told me that she is interested in doing that and that she will like to give 7% of the money to Charity as you may advice after the transfer is concluded.

 

The Trust Agreement has been ready but with this new development of giving 7% to Charity, the lawyer advised that it will be wise is included in the Agreement so he will re draft the agreement to include the 7% for Charity.

 

The most important thing we have to do now is to obtain a Sworn Affidavit from the Ministry Of Justice to enable us legally do the Change of Ownership to your name, making you the beneficiary of this money for us to achieve a smooth and successful transfer and also to make sure that all the documents in relation to this transaction are in line with your account in your country and also the account you are going to open here when you arrives. I will find out how much you will use to obtain these documents before you will arrive.

 

The banker said that you will open an account and that it will be when you come to South Africa because you have to be in the Bank to open the account yourself with the assistance of the Banker.

 

I will like you to come as soon as you are ready with your traveling documents so that we can conclude this transaction as soon as possible. Please you should be careful of the people you are discussing this transaction with as I won’t want too many people to get involve in this transaction.

 

Thanks again for your usual cooperation and you should get back to me immediately you receive this mail.

 

Regards,

 

Mr. Frank Zuma





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