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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: "judith sipho" <helpjudith_s37@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: siphofamily@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 06:32:11 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS JUDITH SIPHO

FROM MRS JUDITH SIPHO
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: siphofamilys@hotmail.com

Dear Sir,

CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE


Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business
partner, I got your contact from internet and I ask if you can be trusted
not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to
contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life
depends on.

My name is JUDITH SIPHO , the wife of Late Mr. OLIVER SIPHO.A Zimbabwe Man,
politician and Farmer. During the current crises against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supporters of of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his
followers.

My Husband is One of the most successful multi-farmers in our country and
because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded his
farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot
of items in my husband's farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with a security company in South
Africa the sum of (USD$8.MILLION). (The documents of which he only made me
aware of it.) After the death of my husband , I decided to move to Republic
of South Africa where I re-located under political asylum as
a refugee to seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move
this money out of the security company to HIS country.

As an asylum seeker I am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within
South Africa .I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your
assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account. I want truth and
honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this
transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax
numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent
communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely Yours,
JUDITH SIPHO

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