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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: "Mrs. Lerato Martins Gilford" <leratomartins6@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:20:53 +0200
Subject: MRS.LERATO MARTINS.


Mrs. Lerato Martins Gilford
Block 349, Room. 118 Refugee Camp.
Hilton Drive , Johannesburg,South Africa.
*Email:**leratomartins@hotmail.com*
*Tel: 00 27 72 410 7230*.

Dear Friend,

*RE: URGENT FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE:*

I am Mrs. Lerato Martins Gilford, the wife of late Dr. Martins Gilford
Mobuto, I am a citizen of Swaziland. My late husband was the Owner of a
leading Aluminum Company in Swaziland but unfortunately he died in the year
2005 after a protracted illness. But before his death, he has foresee the
poor management of the company and for the fact that myself being the wife
is so dedicated to church activities and too young to manage a large company
of that type and most of the director have already began to divert the net
profit being generated from the company.

He therefore arrange with his lawyer and sold the entire company to one Mr.
Alan Foster from Poland at the sum of US $15, 600, 000.00*(Fifteen Million
Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars*). Due to constant pressure from
some of his relatives and also fear of likely attack on his family to hijack
the fund, my husband arrange with my son Mr. John Martins and remove the
fund through diplomatic means to one of the Security and Trust Company in
South Africa, where I am currently staying with him and my only daughter as
refugee (Asylum Seekers).

However, I am into pastoral activities now and most of my time is been
dedicated to church activities. At the moment, I want to transfer the fund
to overseas account for investment because there is no good investment
atmosphere here in South Africa. I therefore need your assistance to enable
me transfer the fund into your private/ company's account overseas so that
we can relocate to plan for the investment of the fund through your personal
assistance.

I need your assistance in investing the fund because I have no experience of
Investment/management of fund before. It is also my plan that after the
successful transfer of the fund into your overseas account, I will first
relocate my Son and my daughter to stay with you, while I will complete my
theological school.

What I need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my life
and the life of my family. If you can assist us in this transaction, I will
give you *35%* o**f the total fund for your assistance, *5%* **ill be set
aside in case of any bill/charges that we will incur in the transaction
while *60% *goes to my family, which will remain in your account for (2
years) to enable me complete my school and join my family to plan for the
investments.

This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your contact address through the South African Chamber of Commerce in
Johannesburg, South Africa. Please, be assured that this transaction is *
100%* risk free. The major thing I require from you is absolute assurance
that the money will be safe when transferred into your account finally;
modalities on how to transfer this money will be discussed once a genuine
interest from you is shown.

Call me on my mobile Numbers for more information's; all the depository
documents will be given to you for inspection as we proceed on, please keep
this business to yourself for safety of my life here in South Africa.

May God bless you and your family while wating to hear from you soon at: *
leratomartins@hotmail.com*

Best regards,
Mrs. Lerato Martins Gilford {For The Family}
*Tel: 00 27 72 410 7230.
*
* *

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