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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: Susan Shabangu <susan.shabanguu19@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 00:37:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED



Deputy Minister of Safety & Security
Ms. Susan Shabangu
Watchuis Building, Thibault Arcade,
7TH floor 231 Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
South Africa.
Private Mail: susan.shabanguu@gmail.com

Attn: C.E.O/Managing Director

How you are today my dear and hope all is OK with you? My name is Ms. Susan Shabangu a mother of three children and the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security (South Africa) by auspices of the President of South Africa Mr. Thabo Mbeki. After due deliberation with my Son Godson Shabangu, I decided to contact you for your assistance in standing as my new foreign oversea business partner also to stand for me as a beneficiary to the sum of (Ten Million United States Dollars) and I have every documentation and proof about this fund. I would like us to know and trust each other very well also will like you to be my oversea foreign business partner and help me conclude my project which I and my late husband (Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu) was planning to set up in oversea before he died with our foreign oversea business partner, they died on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago.

My late husband was one of the head members of African National Congress (A.N.C) leading party here in South Africa also was a contractor before he died, he was known as Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu. After the swearing in ceremony making me the deputy minister of safety and security, I and my late husband sold our buildings here in South Africa in other to invest the money in oversea after he has completed a contract which I also assisted him in getting from the government when contracts were been awarded.

The Sum we raised after selling of these buildings here in south Africa amounted to the total sum of (Ten Million United States Dollars) which was deposited with a security and finance institution here in South Africa of which I will divulge more information and give you all the proves and documents when I get your full consent and support to be my foreign business partner and help me invest this Ten Million United States Dollars there in your country in any good business. As I am working with the government of South Africa and don't know much about investment there in your country so I will like you to be my fund manager there in your country. I don't want anything that will affect my political career in the government, so I will advice you keep absolute confidentiality of this transaction until we conclude the investment there in your country. I will offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance in this personal project also sign an agreement with you if you will
be capable to be my foreign business partner.

If you do not feel comfortable with this transaction, please do not hesitate to discontinue. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.

Yours faithfully,

Ms. Susan Shabangu
Reply via this email: susan.shabanguu@gmail.com






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