419 scam: "NELSON MANDELA" <jamessisulu1@yahoo.com> $$$ 5,000,000.00 DEAL

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27718192160 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "NELSON MANDELA" <jamessisulu1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jamessisulu2@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:16:46 +0200
Subject: $$$ 5,000,000.00 DEAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

First I will like you to know that these funds can be transferred to your
bank account only if you will work with me in truth and honesty.

I am MR. JAMES SISULU the director of the NELSON MANDELA FUNDRAISING
ORGANIZATION. This organization personally belongs to MR. NELSON MANDELA
and due to family controversy Mr. Mandela decided not to include any of
his family member to this organization. Unfortunately Mr. Nelson
Mandela passed away recently leaving me in control of the charity
organization and all the funds raised under this organization. You can
view the link to read about Nelson Mandela’s death.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/05/world/africa/nelson-mandela/.

After the death of Mr. Mandela, the government of south Africa requested
me to release all the funds under the charity organization into the
government treasury account in the reserve bank of south Africa which
means the government wants to shut down the charity organization and claim
all the monies raised by this organization due to the death of Nelson
Mandela. The total funds is $USD 25, 000.000.00 { TWENTY FIVE MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS } I am the only one in control of these funds at the
moment and I have contacted you to request if you can be able to work
with me so we can move $5,000.000.00 { FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
} of the total amount to your account in your country before releasing
the rest to the south African government.

Please note that there is no danger involved in this deal and I can
guarantee you that the funds will be transferred to your bank account
without any problem but the only thing I demand from you is your honesty.

I truly understand that there are lots of things going on over the
internet, some dishonest individuals uses the internet to do some illegal
things but please don’t take this email as one of those because I can
assure you that everything you have read on this email is 100% truth and
you will see more proves as we proceed.

Also note that this deal has to be kept highly confidential to avoid the
government of south Africa realizing what is going on. If you are not
comfortable with this deal, be kind enough to delete this message and
keep all you have read to yourself alone and if you are interested please
send me an email and I will respond back to you with more details of how
the funds will be transferred to your bank account.

After we have achieved to transfer the five million dollars to your
account, We shall share 50/50 percent. Half of the money will be for you
and the rest half for me.

Thank for your time.

Regards,

Mr. James Sisulu
Cell: +27 718192160

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