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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: kjames0007@mailbox.co.za
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:11:36 +0200
Subject: RELOCATION/PARTNERSHIP


MR KABINDA JAMES
NO; 35 BEREA ROAD
PARKVEIW 2147.
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
E-MAIL;kjames0007@mailbox.co.za <E-MAIL%3Bkjames0007@mailbox.co.za>
TELL; 27-78-717-6883

Attention,

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise. I got your contact
through the
World
journal here in South Africa. My name is JAMES KABINDA. I am the only
surviving
son of MR.CHARLES KABINDA of the DEMOCRATIC REPLUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC). My
father was
the executive director of my country's DIAMOND MINING COMMISSION before and
after
2000 when the six-nation war broke out.

In NOVEMBER 7TH 2003, PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA with some senior officials
because of
their embellishment of money realized from diamond sales to the Western
world laid
my father out of office. My father was tried by a military court, and
afterwards
imprisoned for life. During his tenure of office, he had made a fortune of
US$12.2MLLION (TWELVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
He
deposited this money in my name with a security deposit company in
Johannesburg
South Africa. Right now, I am residing with my sister MMAMAELE in South
Africa.

PROPOSAL:

Based on this, I am contacting you to help us in saving our future by
assisting us
to transfer this fund with your bank facilities to your country for
investment
purposes as we are not allowed by the SOUTH AFRICAN MONETARY LAW to operate
such an
account as ASSYLUM SEEKERS. We do not have any business permit or any
operating
company that can absorb the fund, neither do we need to identify our family
name
with such amount of money here in Africa to avoid any public inquest.

I am willing to give you 25% of the total fund for your assistance, 5% shall
be set
aside for any expenses that we may have encountered during the course of
this
project while 70% shall be for me and my family.
MUTUAL TRUST AND ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY:

Please note that this matter is highly confidential and I will appreciate it
if it
remains so with now, during and after completion of the project. Note also
that as
soon as you indicate your interest, we shall discuss further on the
modalities of
the project. Should you be interested, please contact me on my private
mobile number
or e-mail address as stated above. Feel free to ask me any question you
might deem
necessary. Thank you in anticipation of your soonest response.

Best Regards,

MR KABINDA JAMES.

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