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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: SUSAN SHABANGU MS <shabangumsqofice@live.co.za>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:36:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your
family

Susan Shabangu Ms

Minister of Mineral Resources

Of the Republic South Africa

Email: ms.shabangu@rediffmail.com

Dearest One,

I got your email from a business directory due to my desperate search to look for someone who will help me to invest

My late husband fund he deposited in a security company before he died.

Though the internet is a seemingly unlikely place to find individual who can be trust worthy.

I believe that the Lord hides jewels in the most unlikely places. It is not the means that is important but the message.

I’m Ms. Susan Shabangu I am Widow, A mother of three children and the Deputy Minister of Public

Works from 11th May 2009 under the auspices of the

New President of South Africa Mr. JACOB ZUMA Since I have your contact and prayed about it

After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your assistance to stand as a beneficiary

To the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only)

You can view my profile at the Government website

(www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066) you will see my name Ms Susan Shabangu and read about me.

After the swearing in ceremony of 1999 making me the chairperson of Parliamentary Joint Monitoring Committee, a

Lot of government contracts were awarded to my late husband with my influence, this actually paved way to our

Success, my late husband died while he was on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 2004.

After his death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of US$30.5M

With a security and finance institution here in South Africa of which I will divulge information to you when I get your

Full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer of the funds into your Comfortable and

Conducive account of your choice.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with the Government of South Africa

Though I assisted him in getting this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am afraid that the

Government of South Africa might start to investigate on contracts awarded from 1994 to date. If they discover this

Money in his bank account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa and this will definitely

Affect my political career in government.

I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker so that this fund could be wired into

Your account directly without any hitch. As soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move it

Immediately into another personal bank account in your country

I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa, As soon as you have confirmed the fund into your

Account; I will send my eldest son with my Attorney to come to your country to discuss on business investments. For

Your assistance, I am offering you 20% of the principal sum which amounts US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One Hundred

Thousand United States Dollars Only) however, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into

Agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund if you agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency

Send me an email. Due to my sensitive position in the South African Government,

PLEASE DO NOT CALL ON THE OFFICE LINE, BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS

TRANSACTION EXCEPT OF THE ABOVE DIRECT LINE.I prefers you send me email for now until I will be able to get a

private cell phone number, then we will speak on phone and as well communicate through email, All Correspondence

must be by email to any of my private e-mail addresses: (ms.shabangu@rediffmail.com)

If you want to speak with my Banker or my elder son frank that is fine and okay by me you will have to send down your

Private telephone and Fax number so that I can forward it to him to reach you from time to time, this is for security

Reasons. Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality of this transaction if we must

Succeed. If you do not feel Comfortable with this transaction, do not hesitate to discontinue.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.

Yours faithfully,

MS. Susan Shabangu Msq

 


  

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