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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: "Grace Kabila" <stephenfamily01@yahoo.co.za>
Reply-To: grackbil@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:37:52 -0700
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP


From: Mrs. Grace Kabila Democratic Republic of Congo Email- grackbil@gmail.=
com WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE Attention: Dear Friend, I know you will be ast=
onish to read from me, but please consider this letter as a request from a =
widow in need of your help I am Dr. Mrs. Grace Kabila, the second wife of t=
he late President of Democratic Republic of Congo , Laurent Desire Kabila. =
I on behalf of my only son Edmond Kabila I have decided to solicit for your=
assistance to transfer the sum of USD$40.5 Million,(Forty Million Five Hun=
dred Thousand United States Dollars) to your personal or company=92s accoun=
t, pending if the fund will be safe without any problem. This money was par=
t of the fund secured by my late husband when he was still in power. As the=
wife, he relied on me; my attention was drowned to this said amount, in ca=
se of unforeseen circumstances. This fear was actualized on the when his bo=
dyguard, assassinated him (May his soul rest in peace, Amen) this fund is P=
resently deposited with a private Security company in Johannesburg (South A=
frica) in favors of my son, we are presently residing as an Asylum seeker i=
n South Africa and the financial law of South Africa does not gives us some=
certainfinancial right as a result we decided not to invest this fund in A=
frica coupled the way this fund was acquired as well as the pressure in my =
family from my husband first wife and her son (President Joseph Desire Kabi=
la)who is currently succeeding my late husband as my country president. Ple=
ase do not hesitate to contact my son Edmond Kabila on his Email(edkab@hotm=
ail.co.za) as he will inform you of the entire procedure to follow. For you=
r assistance we have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum, while 65% wi=
ll be for our investment in your country and 5% will be set aside to take c=
are of all related expenses you may incurred during the transaction or any =
money you will spent during the transaction, But the 5% will be brought out=
after the money is in your custody Please your assistance is highly needed=
; you are required to maintain the secrecy of this matter even if you are n=
ot interested I will remain grateful. Remain bless you abundantly. Yours Tr=
uly, Mrs. Grace Kabila, (For the family} N;B Please don=92t forget to send =
us your private number and fax number for better understanding, also contac=
t my son and trough the telephone numbers and email provided,

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