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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: Jabu Zulu <jabuzulu3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Jabu Zulu <jabuzulu@live.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:50:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Pls I am waiting for your Urgent Respond!


Dear Friend,How are you doing, hope all is well with you and yourfamily? First of all, my name is Mr. Jabu Zulu, the Account Auditor First National Bank of South Africa and I amthe Account Officer to the Late Mr. Manuel Schmid, a Citizen of your Country who died with his family in a TurkishAirlines Flight 1951 crashed during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlandson 25 February 2009. You can follow the link below to know more about ourdeceased customer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_1951he was also a geologist and a mining consultant to several other miningconglomerates operating in overseas. Since his death, I have made several enquires withyour country Embassy here in South Africa to locate any of his relatives toclaim his $20-Million US Dollars fixed-depositwith our bank but all in vain; and I have decided to take this opportunity withyou hence you are from the same country with him. The fact is that our bank management is ready totransfer the $20-Million US Dollars to anybody from your country who appliesfor claim as the next of kin; and I have the opportunity and all the requireddetails to make you the next of kin to his fund deposited with our bank; if youindicate your interest towards this transaction and assure me that this moneywill be intact in your account until my physical arrival in your country forsharing of the money. For more details, please get back to me on my PrivateNo. +27736865205 or Email: jabuzulu20@gmail.comif you are interested to actualize this transaction with me.  Best Regards, Mr. Jabu Zulu.Private No. +27736865205  Email: jabuzulu20@gmail.com 

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