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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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Fraud email example:

From: justina kuta <justina2004kuta@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 05:33:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: thanks and give me your number,



Dear Madras House

Thanks for your reply and questions.
Pls, i have contacted you based on the trust that i have in my Fellow humanity and also as a christian. and also inform me if you can be of help to me. My instincts have directed me to you after my three days dry fasting in search of a reliable partner, so you do not have to disappoint me.

Be rest assured that this transfer is 100%riskfree as all original documents are safe here. For further clarifications, do not forget to indicate your direct mobile number on your reply to this mail oday. Meanwhile, after the transfer, i shall travel back to your country for my investment search and to give your own share of the money. while i wait for your answer urgently?. How are you? I hope all is well. Thanks for your positive response to my roposal to you.

I want to assure you of success of this transaction and that you will not regret doing this with me. First of all, it is important that you know that the basis of this transaction and my relationship with you is TRUST. At this stage of our relationship, it might sound unrealistic, being that we do not know each other yet, but I always believe in fate and destiny. I believe that whatever that is meet to be must surely be .we are very spiritual people, and we believe in Gods guidance and help. I want you to open your heart and be very honest and transparent with me because I am about to entrust our lives into your hands. As long as we remain truthful to each other, we shall be successful and established for life; all our generations to come will reap from this stablishment.

Let me brief you about us, I am 48yrs old and my Son Joseph is 29yrs. Since we are left alone with no other family member all our hope and life depends on this transaction. I am happy that my father took such a step to make sure that no matter what happens to him, we shall not suffer. You people should be our family after the transaction.

>From the message I sent to you, I believe you understood how this money came about and how it has been safeguarded up to this point. So it is important I give you full information on the steps we shall follow to accomplish the transaction. First and foremost, I would like you to know that there is a friend of my late father here in South Africa who is a Banker that will help us accomplish transfer. As a matter of fact, he has been the one sustaining us since we came here and he has promised to render his professional service to see that we succeed. He has advised that the best way to go about the accomplishment of this transaction is by you coming down to South Africa immediately, the reasons being:

(1) you will have to open a non-resident Bank account here in your name so that we will be able to deposit the money in the account after we get the box/money out from the Security Company. The idea behind the account is that the money will then be routed from your account here to your account in your country upon deposit. He will assist in the account opening and supervise the transfer, which has to be made in bits according to him.

(2) We will have the opportunity of having a round table discussion on the transaction and on investment plans since I plan to go into joint investment with you after the transaction in your country or any other part of the world that you advise.

(3) We will also sign various agreement documents that will bind us together just to avoid misunderstanding after the money get to your account in your country and as a legal guide.
Besides the Banker assisting in the transfer procedure he shall also help us procure some vital documents that will back up the money upon transfer so that the money will not be seen as money laundering or money meat for terrorist activities or drug money. This is very important especially now that the American Government is fighting terrorism seriously after the incident of September 11 in America.

Your coming will cover all the we need to do and your stay here will not exceed four days once we confirm the presence of the first installment/transfer in your account we shall then travel back to your country together and be receiving the rest of the money over there I will also like to let you know that time is of essence at this point because the Security Company Charges fees for the safekeeping of the box, so we have to act fast in order to avoid more demurrage changes on the box as there are outstanding charges owed them already.

The more we delay the more the Security Charges will be accumulation more so our stay here is not comfortable any more, we cannot wait to get the money out and start a new life in your country. It is better we make haste and accomplish this now that the Banker has indicated that all is well. delay might bring about lapses in the already planned course of actions.
Please try and start making your travel arrangements and notify me of when you will be here so that your hotel reservation could be made for you. I will be expecting to hear from you soonest, my Son extends her regards to you and my regards to your Family . please try to correct your phone numbers on your reply stating your countrys code number
We shall be waiting to get your answer immediately and God bless you and your family.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Yours Sister,

JUSTINA KUTA and Family,


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