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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: "Dr. Murphy Zulu" <info@dme.gov.za>
Reply-To: drmurphyzulu@aol.com
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 21:18:09 -0400
Subject: Fund Trustee




From: Dr. Murphy Zulu
Cape Town-South Africa.

Dear Friend,

I will like to begin by way of introduction; my name is Dr. Murphy Zulu a
native of Cape Town-South Africa and a senior employee of the South Africa
Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources who is currently in Spain on a
trade mission.

I am writting to solicit your cooperation in order to redeem an investment
interest currently held under trust with the South Africa Ministry of
Mining and Natural Resources. The said investment now valued at
us$15,500.000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) was originally purchase my Mr.Lucio Manfred and leased to the
Transvaal orange mining corporation 1975.

Since the maturity of this contract in September 1998, several attempts
have been without success to contact Mr.Lucio Manfred or any of his close
relatives in whose favour the investment cash can be paid. My partner who
is the account director at the Ministry of Mining and two of our
colleagues have initiated the process of filling a claim for this money
with the hope of having the funds transferred abroad.

We request that you let my partner file a claim for this money from the
South Africa Ministry of mining and Natural Resources indicating that you
were appointed by Mr.Lucio Manfred to be the beneficiary to this fund
.when the claim is approved, you as the beneficiary will be paid the sum
of $15,500.000.00.

Since the money is going to be paid directly to any account of your
choice, you have a liability to ensure that my partner and I receive 75%
of the total sum while you keep 20% for your assistance and a further 5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred in the process of
this transaction. Please we urge you to keep this matter very confidential
because we are still in active public service in South Africa.

I want to assure you that my partners are in position to make the payment
of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong guarantee
that our share will be well secure and that you will not take advantage of
our position since the money will be transfer to a bank account that you
will nominate.

Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in view of this
claim. It is perfectly save with no risk involved and it is not subject to
any enquiry since my partner will be handling the claim directly in South
Africa on our behalf.

If my proposal interests you, please forward your response including your
telephone and fax number to my private email address
(drmurphyzulu@aol.com) so that i can provide you with more details about
it all.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation while I wait your urgent response

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Murphy Zulu

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