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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: MRS SUSAN SHABANGU <susann_shabannguuzz@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:23:03 +0200
Subject: FROM MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU


FROM MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU=20
Deputy Minister of Safety & Security,=20
South Africa .=20
TEL: +27-766-963-888=20
E-mail: suusan=5Fshabanguuzz@yahoo.com [http://us.mc570.mail.yahoo.com/mc/co=
mpose=3Fto=3Dsuusan=5Fshabanguuzz@yahoo.com]=20

Dear Sir/madam=20
< BR>First, let me start by introdu cing mysel f as MRS SUSAN SHABANGU, a =
mother of three children and the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security si=
nce 29th A pril 1996 to date under the auspices of the President of South =
A frica MR THABO MBEKI.=20
After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your=
assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty Mi=
llion, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars=20


Only) You can view my profile at my website www.gov.za [http://www.gov.za/=
] click on, Contact Information, then click on Deputy Minister, an d click=
on Safety and Security final ly , click on my name Susan shabangu and rea=
d about me.=20

THE PROPOSAL, after the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy Minister=
of Safety and Security, my husband Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu died while he was=
on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.=20

After his death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account w=
hich amounted to the sum of US$30.5M with a security and finance instituti=
on in South Africa of which I will divulge information to you when I get y=
our full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subse q=
uent transfer of the funds in to you a c omfortable and conduc ive account=
of your choice.=20

This fund em anated as a result of an over-invoi ced co ntract which he ex=
ecuted with the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in getti=
ng this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am a=
fraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate on co=
ntracts awarded from 1990 to date. If they discover this money in his bank=
account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Afric=
a and this will d efinitely affect my political career in=20
government.=20


I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banke=
r so that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any =
hitch. As soon as the fund get s to your account, you are ex pected to mov=
e it immediately into another persona l bank account in your country. *
I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa . As soo=
n as you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest =
son with my Attorney to come to your country to discuss on business invest=
ments. For your assistance, I am offering you 20% of the principal sum whi=
ch amounts to US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One Hundred Thousand United Sta=
tes Dollars Only) However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go i=
nto agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund. If you agree t=
o my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sens=
itive position in the South African Government,=20

PLEASE DO NOT CALL ON THE OFFICE LINE, BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS =
TRAN SACTI ON EXCEPT OF THE ABOVE DIRECT LINE.=20

I prefer you send me email t han call. All correspondence must be by email=
to my=20
private email address , suusan=5Fshabanguuzz@yahoo.com [http://us.mc570.mail=
.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dsuusan=5Fshabanguuzz@yahoo.com] if you want to spea=
k with my Banker that is fine and okay by me. You will have to send down y=
ou private telephone /fax number so that i can forward it to him to reach =
you from time to time this is for security reasons. Please I do not need t=
o remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality of this transaction =
must succeed. If yo u do not feel comfortable with this transaction, do no=
t hesitate to discontinue.=20
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation a nd my regards to your family.=20

Yours=20
faithfully,=20


MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU=20
Deputy Minister of Safety & Security,=20
South Africa .=20
TEL: +27-766-963-888*


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