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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: NELSON MANDELA FUND <gracamachelman4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: NELSON MANDELA FUND <gracamachelman3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:27:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FROM MRS GRACA MACHEL MANDELA,PLEASE READ FOR BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND
GET BACK TO ME




>From Mrs. Graca Machel Mandela
4th Street Houghton Estates
Johannesburg South Africa
Email: gracamachelman3@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we may have not yet met. I could
Have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity. But please accept my sincere apologies.
I am Mrs. Graca Machel Mandela the wife to late Nelson Mandela The former President of South Africa from 1994 till1999 who pass away on December 5, 2013 after long time illness.

On his physical, I managed to get your contact details through your Country Online services here in Johannesburg South Africa in my desperate search for a trustworthy person to assist
Me in this confidential business transaction,

As the Third wife of late Nelson Mandela, My late husband deposit cashes trust fund Account on my name here in South Africa, for self keeping.
And as they all know that I am originally from Portuguese East Africa Mozambique, he did this because he knew that once he died,

The entire families and the ex wife’s will come toward me for his heritance, now
After his death the whole family have come as my late husband Nelson Mandela do inform Me,.
It really looks like he know what will happen after his death,

The families is now Opposing me that I should hand over the asset to them, and good a thing that happen was when my late Husband deposited the money into the trust fund account on my hand we used my son name Mr Malengani Machel, who is currently living here in Johannesburg South Africa, for Security reason,

My late husband, Nelson Mandela, made this deposit here in South Africa for my family use Amount to US$60.5 MILLIONS (Sixty Millions, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash.

This amount of money was deposited into the bank here in South Africa(Standard Bank)
Through political diplomatic channels, after his death, I and my son being in Johannesburg, South Africa, decided to transfer this money out of South Africa for my family use since it is the only money that my family can lay hand on and I have all the original depositary Documents of the fund that was kept on my name Graca Machel Mandela.

In acknowledgment of executive powers and the various business opportunities in your
Country, I am requesting your assistance in helping me transfer this money into your
Company/ personal or business account. For your assistance in this transaction, I offer you
20% of the total sum for compensation. And all other expenses you incur during this
Operation will be credited to you.


In acknowledgment of executive powers and the various business opportunities in your
Country, I am requesting your assistance in helping me transfer this money into your
Company/ personal or business account. For your assistance in this transaction, I offer you
20% of the total sum for compensation,which amounted to $12.1M And all other expenses you incur during this
Operation will be credited to you.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, and all the documents concerning
this transaction will be made available to you for your safety and as a proof that this money is
Not from any criminal origin, I must then emphasize that this operation/transaction is highly
Confidential and is to be kept as such. Kindly provide me with your full names, private phone
And address and you can email on (gracamachelman3@mail.com)

Best regards,
Mrs Graca Machel Mandela
4th Street Houghton Estates
Johannesburg South Africa

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