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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: "Alfred Kumalo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfredkhumalo.cerberuspty@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:18:59 -0700
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION !

Attention Sir,
 
Good day, my name is Alfred Kumalo. I am from South Africa and works with an Israeli arms consortium (Cerberus pty) in Cape town south Africa which was handling the botched arm supply deal to Nigerian government; I was supposed to be in the same flight (Jet Plane) of the rich Nigerian pastor Ayo Oritsejafor that was caught smuggling $9.3 Million Dollars into South Africa through Lanseria airport Johannesburg on 5th September 2014. (Refer to Johannesburg city press newspapers) for arms deal.
 
Please I need your urgent help to secure and manage some portion of that money $8.4 Million which I diverted to Mozambique when I had that my colleagues has been caught at Lanseria airport Johannesburg, the fund was divided into different portions with the anticipation of eventuality which later became reality as of 5th September case, I have made arrangement with a friend to move this money to Kuala-Lumpur Malaysia upon your acceptance to come down there to help secure the money.
 
If you read further to another news from the same city press, you will see that $5.7 Million again was seized after three weeks of the first incident by south Africa government because Nigeria authorities are desperate to buy equipment to fight book- haram insurgence which have ravaged the country since four years now, should you be interested to work with me in this regards, kindly contact me urgent so we can schedule the possible meeting in Malaysia.my company is searching for me everywhere  now but cannot expose further because of the sensitiveness. 
 
Kindly treat this mail with privacy and urgent.
 
Best regards, 
Alfred Kumalo.

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