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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: MRS.DORIS <aa24@Frontdeskh.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <doris_kula@webmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:59:30 -0800
Subject: FROM MRS.DORIS KULA AND FAMILY.



FROM MRS.DORIS KULA AND FAMILY Email: doris_kula1@webmail.co.za JOHANNESBUR=
G SOUTH AFRICA. Dear Sir/Madam My Name is Mrs. Doris Kula, I know this will=
be a surprise to you. Please consider this message as a request from a fam=
ily in dares need of your help. I am the Wife of Mr. David Kula, from Sudan=
Darfour, My husband Mr. David Kula, was the owner of Omar Sea Food Industr=
y in Darfour region and a Farm Land in Darfour region and supplier of Centr=
al African Countries with sea food till the Government find out that Darfou=
r region was rich on Oil and Mineral Resources which was discovered by an i=
ndividual Group called Organization Rebel Movement. The Government and Rebe=
l Movement are fighting over who will inherit the Darfour region because of=
the Oil discovered and Rebel Movement are killing all the people in Darfou=
r region to enable them inherit the land, and my husband was murdered in co=
ld blood and our Farm, Sea Food Industry was burnt down. Before then, my hu=
sband had moved ( US$45.5M ) Forty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Unite=
d States Dollars ) to South Africa for establishment of another branch in S=
outhern Africa, the fund was deposited in a private Security & Finance Comp=
any in the name of my son Mr. Jerry Kula as the beneficiary. My husband was=
killed because of the Oil discovered in our Farm Land since the murderer=
=2019s, Rebel Movement believed once my husband is killed they will have no=
challenge in taking over the land. Now the Rebel Movement turned against u=
s looking for the remaining existing family of Kula in order to achieve the=
ir aim and objective. We decided to leave Darfour to Johannesburg, South Af=
rica to seek Asylum (Refugees)Now all the documents issued when the consign=
ment was deposited has been handed over to our family Lawyer in South Afric=
a who assisted my late husband when the consignment was safely deposited. T=
he financial laws in South Africa on Refugees do not warrant us to invest t=
he funds here as we cannot operate any bank account, which is why we decide=
d to look for a Foreign Partner who will assist us in moving the funds out =
of South Africa for my family investment. We have decided to offer you 25% =
of the total amount, 5% mapped out to defray all expenses that will be incu=
rred during the process of concluding the transaction, while the remaining =
70%will be for my family and will be invested in your country under your ma=
nagement. Immediately you receive this E-mail, kindly contact us i am here =
with my son, Mr. Jerry Kula, on the below stated telephone number and email=
to proceed. My son has been mandated to over-see the transaction with the =
support of my family Lawyer. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest. P=
lease Contact us through Email: doris_kula1@webmail.co.za Mrs. Doris Kula, =
For The Family.

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