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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: "steve kabila" <stevekabila44@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:41:39 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL

FROM:MR STEVE KABILA
TEL:27-73-131-6566
EMAIL:stevekabila@hotmail.com


PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL


ATTN:DIRECTOR/C.E.O

I have the honor and confidence to introduce to you this business in view of
the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable in business. Obviously, you
will be surprised to read this letter from me, but consider it as a request
from a family in dare need of foriegn assistance. My mother got your
contact information through a family friend working in Johannesburg Chamber
of Commerce and Industry.

I am MR.Steve Kabila, the first son of the second wife of Laurent Kabila,
the immediate past President of Democratic Republic of Congo. Before the
death of my father, he deposited US$ 25.Million(TWENTY FIVE MILLION US$
DOLLARS) in my mother" name ( MARY KABILA) in a safe box of a private
Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa.He did this because of the
love and how intimate he was with my mother. He wanted to use this money for
campaign for the next election, but unfortunately his own body guard
assassinated him. Now, my mother saw it as an opportunity to divert the
money for her own personal use because the first wife and her son
(President) did not know about this money and moreover they are not in good
terms with us.Right now, we are living in South Africa as political asylum
seekers and the financial laws of South Africa do not permit us certain
financial rights. In view of this, we can not invest this money in South
Africa that is why my mother is asking you to assist us transfer this money
out of South Africa for investment in your country.

At the conclusion, that is when the money must have been in your account, I
propose to give you 25% of the amount, 70% will be for me and 5% will be set
aside for any expenses both parties might incure during the transaction.
Please, note that this business is 100% risk-free and our only worry is the
safety of this money. Once it gets into your account, we want you to assure
us the safety of this money. If you are interested send to me your private
telephone/fax number for the confidentiality of this business.I assure you
that if you show me your readiness and trust in the next 3 working days,
this business will be concluded.

My dear even if you are not interested kindly get back to me so that I can
as well look for some one else that can help me out of this terrible
situation.I look forward for your reply through the above email.

Best Regard,

STEVE KABILA

(ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER)

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