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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: <frankngundu@centrum.cz>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:26:26 +0200
Subject: FROM: MR. FRANK NGUNDU.


FROM: MR. FRANK NGUNDU.
NO.10 ANDERSON STREET
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-78 - 933 – 5186
E-mail: frankngundu@yahoo.com
  ATTENTION: DIRECTOR /CEO.       
                                                         
                                                                                       STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
  You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don't know me personally; the purpose of my introduction is that, I am MR.FRANK NGUNDU, I was the
past political adviser to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe before he went on with the Land Reform Act which left many whites without Houses and farms, against my advise
which is the reason why the country is in a very serious and despicable economical ruin.     
 I was furnished with viable information from the International Trade Centre here in Johannesburg and I decided to write to you. Before the advent of this whole crisis, in
July 2003, I had taken my family for a sight seeing trip to Johannesburg where I deposited the sum of $ 34,900,000.00 (Thirty-Four Million and Nine Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) which was part of the money given to us by President Robert Mugabe to make us support his Land Reform Act, in a Security Company, as if I fore saw
the looming danger in Zimbabwe.  This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for my farms and the establishment of new farms in Swaziland.
This land problem came when Zimbabwean President MR.ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new Land Act which wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers. This resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. Infact, a lot of people have been killed because of this land reformed
Act for which my father was one of the victims. 
 It is against this background, that I and my family who are currently staying in South Africa decided to transfer my money to foreign account since the law of South Africa
prohibit a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction. I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine
foreign account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking everything we have got.

I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa for fear of going through the same experience in future since both countries have similar
political history. Moreover, the South African Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such investment as an asylum seeker. As a business man, whom I have entrusted my
future and of my family in his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is risk free. If you accept to assist me and my family in transferring the money into any
account you will nominate overseas, God will bless you in a special way.   
 This money I intend to use for investment. I have two options for you; firstly you can choose to have a certain percentage of the money for nominating your account for this
transaction. Or you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Which ever the option you want, feel free to
notify me as I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of this transaction. If you do not prefer a partnership I am
willing to give you 20% of the money while the remaining 75% will be for my investment in your country. Contact me with the above telephone number and email while I implore
you to maintain the absolute secrecy required in this transaction.
 With due regards to the current xenophobic attacks on foreigners and especially on asylum and refugee seekers, I implore you to please try and find it in your heart to
help me. My mother is currently sick due to heart failure as a result of the current crisis.
 N/B.I would like you to furnish me with the following and reply to frankngundu@yahoo.com
 1) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
2) YOUR FULL NAME.
3) YOUR FULL ADDRESS.
 THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
 Mr. FRANK NGUNDU (FOR THE FAMILY)



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