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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: "khumalo collins" <collinskhumalo7@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: PASTORCOLLINSKHUMALO@YAHOO.CO.UK
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:49:17 +0000
Subject: FROM PASTOR COLLINS KHUMALO

FROM: PASTOR COLLINS KHUMALO
 TEL:+27 73  88 125 38
EMAIL: PASTORCOLLINSKHUMALO@YAHOO.CO.UK
11 KOTZE STREET
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
 
ATTN: MD/CEO ,
 
I am Pastor Collins Khumalo Zuma, the first son of  Late Lufuno Zuma. I am a citizen of Swaziland. My father was the managing director of Lufuno Aluminium Company in Swaziland but very unfortunately he died in the year 2004  after a  protracted illness. Due to poor management of the company in my country and for the fact that I am so dedicated to church activities,I realized that I will be unable to manage the company and so soon it may wind up.
 
I also realized that I am too young to manage a large company of that type and most of the directors  have already began to divert the net profit being generated from the company, I  therefore arranged with my father's lawyer  and sold the entire company to Mr. Alan Foster from Poland at the price of US$22,600,000 (Twenty Two million, Six  Hundred Thousand Dollars.Due to constant  pressure from some of my relatives and also fear of likely  attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arranged with my mother to transfer the fund into a Bank here in Johannesburg, South Africa where I am currently staying with my mother and other two younger sisters. However, I am into pastorial activities now and I have most of my time dedicated to church  activities.At the moment, we want to transfer the fund to oversea country for investment  because there is no good investment  atmosphere  here in South Africa. I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund into your private/company's account over there so that we can  relocate to plan for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance.
 
I mostly need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little experience of investment/management of the fund. It is also my plan that after the successful transfer of the fund into your  account there, I will first relocate my mother and other 2 sisters to stay with you while I will first go and complete my theological school outside South Africa.What I mostly need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my life and  the life of my family. If you can assist us in this transaction, I will give you 30% of the total fund  while  70% will remain in your account for 2 years to enable me complete my  school and then join my other relatives to plan for our family investments.
 
please if you can assist us, kindly send me an urgent email to indicate your interest and also the information's below to enable transfer the fund into your account.
 
1 .Your account information's where the fund will be
transfered
2 . Your private Telephone/ Mobile and fax numbers for
easy communication
3 .Your resident / Company address
I await your soonest response.
 
Pastor Collins Khumalo


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