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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: mrs ducas kwazikizi <ducaskwazifnb12006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ducaskwazi5@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 05:55:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MRS DUCAS KWAZIKIZI AND FAMILY URGENT CRY FOR HELP




VERY URGENT NOBLE BUSINESS INVITATION PROPOSAL


FROM MRS DUCAS KWAZIKIZI
SOUTH AFRICA. No: 23 TUDOR AVENUE
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27820889186

Dear,

With truth and sincerity I write you this letter hoping that you will be of good assistance to my family. For the purpose of introduction, I am MRS. DUCAS KWAZIKIZI, from the Democratic Republic of Congo {DRC} the wife of the late MR. ALBERT KWAZIKIZI. My late husband MR. ALBERT KWAZIKIZI was the Managing Director of the Democratic Republic of Congo {DRC} Gold and Diamond Mine industry During the reign of late president of Congo, Laurent Kabila who was assassinated on 16 January 2001 and his son Joseph Kabila was named head of state ten days later .And my late husband was killed by rebel groups as the crisis accusing him of been a supporter of Laurent Kabila during beginning of the civil war in my country Congo.

I got your address through network on line, courtesy of South African information exchange (S .A .I .E) here in Johannesburg; hence I write to ask of your kind favor and gesture. However, we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy individual with a confidential and certified foreign account to perfectly transfer the sum of US$12.7Million (Twelve Million Seven Hundred United States Dollars) which was deposited by my late husband in the name of my son DANIEL'' and my self in a Private Security Company in RSA before his death. This money was deposited as family valuables in order not to accumulate much demurrage in the security company before he was assasinated.But due to the South African Government monetary Policy prohibit us as an asylum seeker [refugee} from operating Bank account or indulging in any business transaction whatsoever, I and my son "DANIEL" decided to seek for a foreign partner be it a personal or company to assist us transfer this
consignment to abroad for investment purposes.

In a nutshell, my family would like you to assist us in the following areas:

1) To assist my family in transferring this huge sum of money into your company's/private account for our investment(s) in your country.
2) To advise us on the monetary policies including the taxable percentage(s) on the said money when transferred into your country by the government.
3) To advise my family on the profitable and reliable investment(s) opportunities in your country

The ethnic conflicts had started over land issues but ended up as bloody struggles for control of resources, as in the case of Ituri Province in the northeast where leaders of armed groups have manipulated tensions between the Hema and the Lendu peoples to serve their own political and economic interests .According to a demographic study published in April 2003 by the International Rescue Committee, an NGO based in the US, over 3.3 million people have died in the conflict. A great number died of side effects of the war such as malnutrition and diseases caused by massive displacement of population and the collapse of the country’s political and health-care systems. This conflict is one of the most deadly in Africa’s history.

I feel confident to introduce this offer to you as a trustworthy and a humane person. For your participation and assistance of this transfer, a negotiable percentage will be discussed based on your interest but we are willing to offer 25% of the total sum for the assistance. Conclusively, you're requested to furnish me back on your interest in the above matter by e-mail provided above. All I need from you are: your personal telephone/fax numbers for easy communication and your personal details (identification) to enable me furnish you with more information regarding this matter. I will need this transaction to be concluded within a short period so that I can relocate to your country and invest under your supervision. Kindly attend to this letter as a letter from a widow who is in need of your assistance. Feel free to contact us back as quickly as possible for more clarifications. Please keep to the absolute confidentiality of this transaction and I would be extremely glad
if my request is granted. Also note that this transaction is 100% risk free, transparent and legitimate and all the related documents are intact.

Waiting for your urgent reply.

Thanks for your co-operation.

God bless you.
MRS. DUCAS KWAZIKIZI & FAMILY
N.B: You can contact me with this number TEL: +27820889186


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