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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Malusi" <paul.malusi5@aol.com>
Reply-To: paulmalusi1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:44:46 +0100
Subject: Greetings From Your Friend Paul Malusi In South Africa///Urgent.


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Dear Friend,
My name is Paul Malusi am a citizen of Zimbabwe the son of the late Chief Malusi Daniel who worked with the government in Zimbabwe 2005 to 20109 to export Raw materials, fruits and other Agricultural products to foreign-countries but unfortunately he was killed by President Robert Mugabe during political problem over land ownership in my country Zimbabwe in 2010.

When the government of Zimbabwe try to investigate the profit of the export out of Zimbabwe, so the Government disrupted the exportation of the Raw materials, fruits and other Agricultural products to foreign-countries and cause political, land ownership and racial war which made the wicked and selfish President Robert Mugabe confiscate the white and some black farmers lands and other landed properties. My late father happened to be one of the few black farmers their land and other landed properties was seized by the President. Before my Father's death he made my mother to understand that he deposited some huge amount of money in a security company in South Africa, which he Made from export of Raw materials, fruits and other Agricultural products to foreign-countries and he gave my mother all relevant documents of the trunk box Which he deposited with the security company (marked) as family belongings.
I and my mother were able to move out from Zimbabwe to South Africa through the UNITED NATIONS, that Coven refugee/affected farmers from Zimbabwe to South Africa. I and my sick mother decided to move to South Africa with the help of the UN because we want to make the claims of the trunk box content $15 Million Dollars my late father deposited with the security company as Personal Treasure (personal belongings) so that nobody should know about the content of the box here in Africa. So I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner and adviser because: I do not know much about investment or how to handle this funds, here in South Africa that is why we need your assistance as a foreign partner to help us to move this funds out of Africa for security reason to your country,Please if you are interested to help us please promise us to keep this transaction secret because nobody knows about thee existence of this funds. I and my mother agreed to give you "Twenty Percent" (20%) of the total sum of the funds inside the trunk box, your compensation for the assistance is negotiable.

If you really want to be sure about this and before you agree to assist us to stand as my foreign partner for you to know am real kindly make trip to come to meet me and my sick mom in South Africa in person so that we meet face to face, for us to go to the security company to present you as my late father foreign business partner, because the Company said to us that before the claims of the trunk box I and my mother have to present a foreign business partner who will receive the box out of Africa, due to the agreement been made with my late father when made the deposit of the trunk box, that we must present his business foreign partner to make sure that the box is delivered to him. According to my mother she said my late father make this agreement for security reasons so that nobody knows about the content of the box here in Africa.
I await for your reply so that i can give you more details.
Please write me back with my email address;
paulmalusi1@hotmail.com
Thanks and God bless you,
Paul Malusi

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