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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: des zu <deszu00407@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: desmondzuma99@executivemail.co.za
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:58:09 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: PLEASE ASSIST US !!


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Desmond Zuma, account manager to Mr. Morris Thompson, who was a Contractor/consultant to Kruger Mining (SA) Pty a South Africa Government Own Mining Company. On the 31st of January 2000 , my client was involved in an air crash along side his entire family (wife and only daughter) on Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with other passengers on board. Since then I have made several enquiries here to locate any of my clients relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

You can confirm this from the website below. http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

After all these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of my clients relatives, hence my decision to contact you and front you as his next-of-Kin/business associate. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at the tune of (US$14.5M) Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars left behind by my late client into your account before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. The Bank has already issued me (as my late client's account manager) a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my late client over the years, I seek the consent to present you as the next of Kin/business associate to my late client, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the modalities for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.

The sharing ratio would be (30%) of the total sum for you while I receive (55%), 10% for miscellaneous expenses like the accumulated taxes and others expenses, then 5% for Charity Organizations.

I will want you to furnish me with the following information's stated below to enable us proceed with the transaction immediately:

(1) Your direct phone number, & fax number
(2) Your Full Names
(3) Your age
(4) Your Country of Origin
(5) Your Marital Status
(6)Your Residential Address
(7) Your proffesion

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.

I look forward towards a good business relationship with you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Desmond Zuma.


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