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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: "james khumalo" <jameskhumalo60@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:06:59 +0200
Subject: private and confidential

From:Mr james khumalo,

address:4 stiemans street and jan smuts braamfontein jonhannesburg south
africa.
tel:27-82-634-9994.

How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all okay. I got your
e-mail through my search and i decided to contact you for an important
assistance. I am james Khumalo a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I am contacting
from here in South Africa where I am now seeking political asylum.

I am the only son of David Khumalo, a wealthy farmer and senior politician
with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic
Change [MDC]. Our wicked President, Robert Mugabe, murdered my father and I
fled my country, because I have become his next target to eliminate.

My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a party
wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship government of
President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's
brutal acts by visiting this web sites;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in
fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father’s death through the Court and media; the government saw
us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came looking for me,
I received the news and I had tale through the border to South Africa, to
save my
life.

My arrival here in South Africa still remains like a miracle to me. Here, is
my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge sum of money in the total
sum of $15.5Million presently lodge in the security company in South Africa.
My father kept this money in two trunk boxes in disguise as family treasures
and could not bank them, because of the situation in my country. The
government seized my father’s business, farms and banks account before his
arrest and murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was
still in detention and I have made several arrangements concerning the
shipment of the boxes out of my country because we cannot invest it there.

I was on the process when I fled the country. I need your assistance in
securing the funds there in your country, so that I can arrange on how to
come over to your country to invest with the fund.
I am willing to offer you 20% of the $15.5Million for your assistance.
Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more
details on how we shall proceed.

I wait your urgent response, please treat this information as top secret.


Thanks

Best regards

Mr:james khumalo,
From:Mr james khumalo,

address:4 stiemans street and jan smuts braamfontein jonhannesburg south
africa.
tel:27-82-634-9994.

How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all okay. I got your
e-mail through my search and i decided to contact you for an important
assistance. I am james Khumalo a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I am contacting
from here in South Africa where I am now seeking political asylum.

I am the only son of David Khumalo, a wealthy farmer and senior politician
with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic
Change [MDC]. Our wicked President, Robert Mugabe, murdered my father and I
fled my country, because I have become his next target to eliminate.

My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a party
wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship government of
President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's
brutal acts by visiting this web sites;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in
fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father’s death through the Court and media; the government saw
us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came looking for me,
I received the news and I had tale through the border to South Africa, to
save my
life.

My arrival here in South Africa still remains like a miracle to me. Here, is
my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge sum of money in the total
sum of $15.5Million presently lodge in the security company in South Africa.
My father kept this money in two trunk boxes in disguise as family treasures
and could not bank them, because of the situation in my country. The
government seized my father’s business, farms and banks account before his
arrest and murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was
still in detention and I have made several arrangements concerning the
shipment of the boxes out of my country because we cannot invest it there.

I was on the process when I fled the country. I need your assistance in
securing the funds there in your country, so that I can arrange on how to
come over to your country to invest with the fund.
I am willing to offer you 20% of the $15.5Million for your assistance.
Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more
details on how we shall proceed.

I wait your urgent response, please treat this information as top secret.


Thanks

Best regards

Mr:james khumalo,

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