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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. Jesica Madhuku" <jesicamadhu@blumail.org>
Reply-To: jsmadhuku@blumail.org
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:55 -0700
Subject: On behalf of the family


Greetings Sir/Madam, With due respect, trust and humility, I send you this =
letter, which I believe would be of great interest for both of us. I am Mrs=
. Jesica Madhuku the wife of Late Mr. Nelson Madhuku, who was the =93Chairm=
an=94 of the farmers co-operation in Zimbabwe who supported the Democratic =
Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe through the head of (opposition =
party) Morgan Tsvangirai who lost his wife in an accident plotted by our Pr=
esident Robert Mugabe. The business involves the transfer of US$19,500,000.=
00 (Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only). Thi=
s fund is inherited from my late husband who was assassinated by the presid=
ents (ROBERT MUGABE) aides in view of taking his lands and property during =
the crisis on June 22nd 2007, which led to the killing and banishing of for=
eign (white) farmers. After the death of my husband on June 22nd 2007 (A da=
y I can never forget) I was approached by our family lawyer who told me tha=
t my late husband had filed a document with him which stipulates his "WILL"=
. In this "WILL" he specifically pointed and I Quote, Darling, I wish to dr=
aw your attention to the sum of US$19.5 MILLION, which was deposited with a=
security company here in South Africa with all the documents filed, by our=
lawyer. In case of my absence on earth caused by death, only, you should s=
olicit for a foreigner partner, an organization or an individual that can a=
ssist you to transfer or secure the money out of Malaysia for investment pu=
rposes and humanitarian projects to support your work for God and he told m=
e immediately the government started eyeing his business and involvements w=
ith the white farmers. Please take good care of =93James Madhuku" and yours=
elf; we shall meet to part no more. We are presently in South Africa as Ref=
ugees (Asylum Seekers) and as such the law of South Africa does not permit =
us or any Refugees to operate or open any bank account here in South Africa=
or be involved in any financial transaction with the bank, that is why we =
contacted you to assist us as soon as possible to transfer or secure this f=
und to your account/domain and for us to move out of this country. We are r=
eady to negotiate percentage with you for accepting to assist us, please co=
ntact my elder son James Madhuku on this telephone: +27 82 948-3096 and sen=
d us an email: jsmadhuku@blumail.org by indicating your interest with your =
contact details as soon as possible. On receiving your acceptance of this l=
etter, we shall be glad to give you more clarification on the modalities ne=
eded for the smooth successful completion of this transaction. I anticipate=
your quick response. Yours Sincerely, Jesica Madhuku (On behalf of the fam=
ily)=20

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