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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: "PRIVATE ISSUE" <marthandaba@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: marthandaba@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:05:27 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: private issue




Mrs Martha Moyo Ndaba
Block 349, Room. 118 Refugee Camp.
klipdorps Hilton Drive , Johannesburg ,
South Africa .


Dearest,



RE: URGENT FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE:



I am Mrs martha moyo Ndaba wife of late Dr. Moyo martins Ndaba; I am a
citizen of Swaziland . My late husband was the Owner of leading Aluminum
Company in Swaziland but unfortunately he died in the year 2005 after a
protracted illness. But before his death, he has foreseen the poor
management of his company and for the fact i as his wife, i am so
dedicated to church activities and too old 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.



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 any overseas account for investment because there is no good investment
atmosphere here in South Africa coupled with the recent xenophibic attacks
on foriegn nationals . I therefore need your assistance to enable me
transfer the fund into your private / company’s account overseas so that I
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
then relocate my only 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 25% of the total fund for your assistance, 5% will be set
aside in case of any bill/charges that we will incur in the transaction
while 70% 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. The total amounts are $26 million dollars and
please keep this information to you. Please email me at my lawyers address
below and also copy me :

marthandaba@hotmail.com
office@grahambells.co.za

May God bless you and your family while waiting to hear from you soon.



Best regards,


Mrs matha moyo Ndaba


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