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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: mrs jaya asmal <mrsjayaasmal1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.jayaasmal33@live.com
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:45:21 -0800
Subject: From Mrs. Jaya Asmal.

>From Mrs. Jaya Asmal.

Hello,

I don't want you to feel embarrassed receiving this letter in your email
since
we don't know each other before now. Here is a woman that is desperately in
need of help and when somebody is desperate, he or she is bound to do
anything.
My name is Mrs. Jaya Asmal, a mother of two children and the daughter-inlaw
of
late Professor Kader Asmal the former South African Minister of Education
who
died on 22 June 2011. You can view his biography through the below link.

http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/kader-asmal-922

This year has been a very sad year for me and my entire family as I lost my
father-inlaw and my husband this year. I lost my husband Mr. Adam Kader
Asmal
on the 18 July, 2011. While he was on an official trip to Cyprus. I am aware
that he deposited the sum of Eight Million Euro with a bank in Europe. That
is
part of the money he made through my father-inlaw's ministry between 1999
and
2004 from contract the government of South Africa awarded him, which my
father-
inlaw stood strongly to make sure that my late husband is the right person
for
the contract. However, the contract was not completed before his death and
the
Government of South Africa is planning to set up a committee to probe
unfinished contracts between 1999 to date and if this fund is discovered to
have been deposited by my husband in this bank, it will be confiscated and
this
will shake my political ambition and destroy my father-inlaw's legacy. For
this
reason, I deliberated with my children and they are all in support of this
plan.

As a result of our deliberation, 40% of the total sum will be given to you
for
your kind assistance, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my
children.
An agreement must be reached between you and I to assure me and my two
children
that you will not elope with our fund. Due to my sensitive position, I will
not
want you to call me on phone to discuss this development, otherwise somebody
might be listening or we end up talking to ourselves on a bugged phone. To
be
free from this, send a return mail before I can discuss the issue with my
son
and the bank who will continue the discussion both on phone and email with
you,
which means for now, all correspondence must be by email.If you are kind
enough
to render my family this assistance, it will be to our pleasure to receive
your
response.

Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation and God bless you. I will
send
to you the statement of account relating to this fund we received from the
bank
recently and other relevant documents to you for your view and trust as
soon as
I receive your reply.mrs.jayaasmal33@live.com

Yours truly,
Mrs. Jaya Asmal

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