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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: "fezile zulu" <fezilezulu@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:27:21 +0000
Subject: Urgent respond


Dear Mr VICTIMNAME singh,

Thank you very much for your respond and honesty, how are you and your
family i hope all is well .

Like you said on your mail that can you trust me, yes you can trust me
because i cant leave all the way from Europe and come down to South Africa
for the said business but my word to you is in life what ever is real is got
a duplicate, my proposal to you is real which before i will give you any
details i would like us to meet each other face to face because what is
involve is a huge amount of money.

Or you call me for discussions or you indicate your mobile number for me to
reach you as well thank you i will be hoping to hear from you..

Best regards,
Mr Zulu.
+27-83-688-7707.

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