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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.Nelson Mandela <machelmandela2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gracamachel@gmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 12:59:42 +0000
Subject: Attention!!!


Dearest Beloved, This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we may have notyet met. I could have notified you about it at least for the sake of yourintegrity. But please accept my sincere apologies.i do foresee the surprisethis letter will bring to you it comes from a stranger .but rest assured as itcomes with the best intention,however i got your contact through a small papercontaining your contact E-mail address given to a lady at the Johannesburgchamber of commerce and industries. But after due consideration from your profile,i became aware and assured ofyour credibility of you handing the trust and my future thus.after my humbledecision to solicit for your understanding and co-operation in thistransaction,as it will be beneficial but of us. I am Mrs Graca Machel Nelson Mandela the wife to late Nelson Mandela Theformer President of South Africa from 1994 till 1999 who pass away on December5, 2013 after long time illness on his physical, I managed to get your contactdetails through your Country Online services here in Johannesburg South Africain my desperate search for a trustworthy person to assist me in thisconfidential business transaction. As the third wife of late Nelson Mandela, My late husband deposit cash thetrust fund account on my name here in south Africa, for self keeping and asthey all know that I am originally from Portuguese East Africa Mozambique,he
did this because he knew that once he death, the entire families and the exwife’s will come toward me for his inheritance, now after his death thewhole family have come as my late husband Nelson Mandela do inform me, itreally looks like he know what will happen after his death. Opposing me that I should hand over the asset to them, and good a thing thatwhen my late husband deposited the money into the trust fund account on myhand we used my son name Mr Malengani Machel, who is currently living here inJohannesburg South Africa, for security reason, My late husband, Nelson Mandela, made this deposit here in South Africa for myfamily use amount to US$62.7 MILLIONS (sixty Two Millions, Seven HundredThousand United States Dollars) in cash. This amount of money was depositedinto the bank here in South Africa through political diplomatic channels,After his death, I and my son being in Johannesburg, South Africa, decided totransfer this money out of South Africa for my family use since it is the onlymoney that my family can lay hand on. In acknowledgment of executive powers and the various business opportunitiesin your country, and I want you to be my investment manager, I am requestingyour assistance in helping me transfer this money into your company/ personalor business account. For your assistance in this transaction, I offer you 50%of the total sum for compensation. And all other expenses you incur duringthis operation will be credited to you. Please do not hesitate to contact my son Malengani Machel or me. AllMobilities has been put in place concerning this transaction will be madeavailable to you for your safety and as a proof that this money is not fromany criminal origin. I must then emphasize that this operation/transaction ishighly confidential and is to be kept as such. Kindly provide me with yourfull names, private phone and address or you can call on this my phone numberfor more details {+27840926053} or email : machelmandela@gmail.co.za Best regards,Mrs Graca Machel Nelson Mandela

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