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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: Dube Morgan <dubeselebi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:33:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HELLO

DUBE MORGAN SELEBI

GAUTENG – JOHANNESBURG

REPLY E-MAIL: dubeselebi@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day and best wishes. Sorry for receiving an unsolicited email
from me especially as we do not know each other in person.

My name is DUBE MORGAN SELEBI, from South Africa. I am the first son
to MR. JACKIE SELEBI. My father was a former Minister in my country
and served my country in different top ministerial positions.

My father recently had some personal problems with the President of my
country (MR. JACOB ZUMA) because he openly condemned and criticized
the president's habit of marrying many wives and still marrying more
wives on top of the numerous wives he already has and wasting the
country's money in buying highly expensive cars every month and buying
properties all over the cities of South Africa instead of setting a
good example as a president. This comment provoked the president and
he turned against my father and used his power to arrest and detained
my father without any good reason. He later charged the case to court
and ordered the judges in charge to sentence my beloved father to 15
years imprisonment without trial.

However, my main aim of contacting you is because I am searching for a
reliable business partner like you who will assist me invest my family
fund in another country.

Before this problem happened, my father had deposited the sum of $10,
000.000 (TEN Million USA Dollars) secretly in a Private Security
Company in a country I will tell you about later after I know you
better.

The president has ordered his government to close all my family bank
accounts and seize our properties without knowing that we have this
particular fund secretly for future business investment.

I got your contact from international Business directory and I decided
to contact you for the sake of mutual business interest. I would like
to invest in your country secretly to ensure the safety and security
of this fund. My country presently is not suitable for me to invest in
order to avoid loosing this only fund left for us.

However, I am only soliciting for your assistance to receive help and
guide me to invest on a good business.

Before my father's arrest and detention, he deposited this fund as
family treasure in order to avoid seizure since South Africa has
strict monetary and financial laws.

Meanwhile, my only younger sister and I are the only people aware of
this fund in my family due to strict instruction by our father before
his arrest and detention. Based on our present family status as family
facing charges in the Republic of South Africa, we are deprived of
some financial rights of banking and investment activities right now
in my country and that is why we need a foreign business partner like
you.

I have resolved with my only sister to compensate you adequately by
offering you a brokerage commission of 20% of the money for your
assistance. I have in mind to establish a good business and friendly
relationship with you in the nearest future if you are able to assist
us to transfer and invest the fund abroad.

If you are willing to be partner with me, please forward me your
contact details so that we can discuss in details on how we can go
about this business as I have the all the legal documents to make this
claim and be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free.

Kind Regards,
DUBE MORGAN SELEBI
REPLY E-MAIL: dubeselebi@gmail.com

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