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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: "S. Nauh" <snauh3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "S. Nauh" <snauh@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:03:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Investment Help




With due respect, My Name is Stanly Nauh Jr., the only son of (Late Mr. Maynard H. Nauh) who died in Land dispute in Zimbabwe, when our President ordered Foreigners to surrender their Business Farm-Lands to his Party Members.

My Late Father was one of the Farmer that was not in support of President Robert Mugabe's Idea. Because of that, his supporters seized our properties and Farmlands.

Before the death of my Father, there was sum of US$15.5Million My Late Father deposited in one of the Financial Security Company in Republic of South Africa as a Family Treasure, to avoid too much Demurrages, and this amount was intended by my Late Father to establish new farms elsewhere.

I have made up my mind to invest this US$15.5Million in your country, all I needed from you is your help to open a Non-Resident account in South Africa where my inheritance of US$15.5Million will be deposited first before transferring to your Bank account in your Country for any profitable investment.

I prepared 20% for your help and 80% for my investment anywhere apart from Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Thanks.

Stanly Nauh Jr.
Currently in South Africa as an Asylum Seeker

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