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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: "zuma juliet" <julietzuma444za@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zumafamilyza@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 02:14:30 -0700
Subject: urgent reply needed


*FROM: MRS.JULIET ZUMA,*

*N0 6569 JAN SMUT AVENUE,*

* WESTVILLE DURBAN** CITY*

*SOUTH AFRICA**.*

* *



*Greetings! (URGENT&CONFIDENTAIL)*





*Attention: Dear Sir/Madam,**

You may be surprised to receive this strange letter from me. I am Mrs.
Juliet Zuma, the wife of Mr. John Zuma of Zimbabwe . I got your address from
an internet web site. After due consideration from your profile, I became
aware and assured of your credibility to help me. *

*
My husband was among the rich black farmers in Zimbabwe who were murdered
in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of president Robert
Mugabe because my husband was against the method adopted by the government
on new land reform act that wholly affected the white farmers in Zimbabwe.
Before the Invasion, my husband took me to South Africa as if he foresaw
the looming danger in Zimbabwe and deposited US$11,400,000.00 (Eleven
million, four hundred thousand US dollars) with a security and financial
company in South Africa . Please verify the information I have given you on
this web site: http://www.newzimbabwe.com/
.This<http://www.newzimbabwe.com/.This>money was for buying farm lands
in
Lesotho , Swaziland , and also machinery for the farm.*



* Heads of government from western world, especially Britain and The
U.S.A, have voiced their condemnation against Mugabe's new land reform act.
It is against this background that my family has mandated me to seek
assistance to transfer this money to a foreign account for investment
purposes. Presently, I am residing in South Africa as an asylum seeker.
However, I cannot invest this money here in South Africa because
Zimbabweand South Africa are close countries and have almost the
same political
history. *

*
And with the financial laws of South Africa , as an asylum seeker, I have no
right to own or open a bank account in my name here in South Africa . From
the above, you can understand that my entire life and family's future
depends on this money. I shall be grateful if you can assist me transfer
this money out of South Africa into your company or personal account for
investment purposes as my next of kin and my Late husband's business
partner. *



* Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free, and for your
effort, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total sum. Also, I have
decided to use 5% of this money to settle any expenses you may incure during
the process of this transfer. The balance I intended to invest in a
profitable venture in your country or anywhere you may advice. The major
thing I expect from you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe
when transferred to your account. *



*But if you don't want me to offer you 20% What will be your percentage for
assisting us?*

*
If this proposal is accepted by you, please reply urgently through my
private Email address(**zumafamilyza@gmail.com<http://uk.mc274.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=zumafamilyza@gmail.com>
**) for security reason and get in touch with my son Mr. Kanga Zuma , I
will appreciate if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter because
of situation in my country and what happening right now in - Zimbabwe .
**

Yours sincerely
Mrs. Juliet Zuma*

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