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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: "Micheal Kayemba" <micheal_kayemba15@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michealkayemba00@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:05:02 +0000
Subject: Please call me +27-73-0573700.

FROM: MICHEAL KAYEMBA
#37 MAGRETH AVENUE, SANDTON,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27-73-0573700.



Dear Sir,

Invitation for partnership


I know you will be very surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as a request from a family in dire need of your assistance. First I
must introduce myself; I am Mr. Micheal Kayemba from Angola. I am the first
and only son of the late Brigadier Samuel Kayemba. I am presently residing
in the republic of
South Africa.

I got your contact from the South Africa Information Exchange (S.A.I.E) here
in Johannesburg and on behalf of my widowed mother, Mrs. Jane Kayemba, I
decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$25.5
Million (Twenty five million and five hundred thousand united states
dollars) inherited from my late father into your personal or company’s
account. Before my father’s death, he was Brigadier in charge of arms and
ammunitions purchases for the Angolan armed forces. In his “WILL” he
specifically drew my attention to this sum of US$25.5M, which he deposited
in a safe box of a private security company in South Africa.

IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND I QUOTE.

“My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to the sum of US$25.5Million
(Twenty five million and five hundred United States dollars) which I
deposited in a
box with a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my
absence on earth caused by death only, you should solicit for reliable
foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of South Africa for
investment purposes. I deposited the money in your name and it can be
claimed by you alone with the deposit code. Your mother has all the
documents. Take good care of your mother and two sisters.”

From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family
depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assist us.
We are now living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the
financial laws of South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain
financial rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, I cannot
invest this money in South Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me
transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purposes. For your
efforts, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be
set aside for local and international expenses and 75% will be kept by my
family and me.

Finally, modalities on how the transfer will be done shall be conveyed to
you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking
forward to your urgent reply and please treat as very confidential. Kindly
phone or send a fax on the above mentioned number for further clarifications
on this transaction.


Best Regards

Mr. Micheal Kayemba.

For the family.

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