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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1ycy4gR3JhY2EgTWFjaGVsLk0i?= <lottoawardwinner78@terra.com.co>
Date:
Subject:

23/08/2015

Good day,

With due respect, I must apologize for t= his unsolicited message, I am aware that this is certainly not a convention= al way of approaching an unknown person for establishment of project and in= vestment.

But I respectfully insist you read this message carefully = before you either take a decision of proceeding or deleting my message as I= am optimistic it will be successful for unimaginable financial benefit for= both of us.

I am Mrs Graca Machel Mandela the wife of south African= icon and freedom fighter late Nelson Rotlatla Mandela The former President= of South Africa from 1994 till1999 who died on December 5, 2013 after a pr= otracted lung infection contacted during his 27th years of incarceration in= robin island prison. I managed to get your contact details online here in = Johannesburg South Africa in my desperate search for a trustworthy person t= o assist me in this confidential business transaction.

As the Third = wife of late Nelson Mandela, he deposited cash in a trust account on my nam= e here in south Africa, for self keeping , he did this because he knew that= upon his death ,his lioness ex-wife winnie Mandela might use all her struc= tural contacts within the AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS [ANC] to deny me what i= s due to me as his wife who looked after him all this period he has being o= n sick bed.

As his instinct preinformed him, his fears is ongoing ,a= s a Mozambican ,all the family members have swooped on me Opposing me that = I should hand over the asset to them, and good a thing that when my late hu= sband deposited the money into the trust fund account on my hand we used my= sons name ,Mr Malengani Machel, who is currently living here in Johannesbu= rg South Africa, for security reason.

My late husband, Nelson Mandel= a, deposited US$60.5 MILLIONS (Sixty Millions, Five Hundred Thousand United= States Dollars) in cash in a bank here in South Africa through diplomatic = channel, After his death, I and my son being in Johannesburg,

South = Africa, decided to transfer this money out of South Africa for my family us= e since it is the only confidential thing we benefited. I have relinquished= and waved most of his assets /estate willed to me as we are married in com= munity of property for the interest of peace .

This is genuine and n= ot of criminal origin. I must then emphasize that this transaction is highl= y confidential and is to be kept as such.

Therefore indicate your fu= ll interest on assurance of trust, so that we can actualize this great oppo= rtunity together and share the benefit together by the help of God. and in = the area you are not interested of this deal please kindly delete it immedi= ately from your email.if interested , Kindly provide me with your full name= s, private phone.

Regards,
in sincerity,
Mrs Graca Machel

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