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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: Stanly Nauh <snauh3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: snauh@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:34:37 +0200
Subject: Family 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 Farm-Lands to his Party Members.

My Late Father was one of the Tobacco Leaf Farmers that was not in support
of our President Idea. Because of that, his supporters seized our
properties and Farmlands.

Before this problem occurred, there was sum of US$15.5Million My Late
Father deposited in one of the Security Company in Republic of South Africa
as a Family Treasure to avoid 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
need from you is your help to open a Non-Resident account in South Africa
where my inheritance of US$15.5Million will be deposited for transfer to
your Bank account in your Country for any profitable investment.

I prepared 20% for your assistance, 10% for any expenses and 70% for my
investment in your country.

Thanks and God bless you

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

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