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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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Fraud email example:

From: "susan shabangu" <susanshabangu_susan_shabangu_susan27@msn.com>
Reply-To: susanshabangu0101@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:24:31 +0000
Subject: ASISTANCE FUND TRANSFER

From Mrs. Susan shabangu
Deputy Minister of safety & security,
South Africa . Tel:  27-73-307-2272
E-mail: (susanshabangu0101@gmail.com)




                       (ASISTANCE FUND TRANSFER)

Dear Sir/Madam


   First, let me start by introducing myself as Mrs. Susan shabangu, a mother
of three children and the deputy minister of safety and security since 29th
April 1996 to date under the auspices of the president of South Africa Mr. Thabo
Mbeki.

After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your
assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of us$25.5m (Twenty Five,Five
hundred Thousand  united states dollars only) you can view my profile at my
website www.gov.za click on, contact information, then click on deputy minister,
and click on safety and security finally, click on my name Susan shabangu and
read about me. The proposal, after the swearing in ceremony making me the deputy
minister of safety and security, my husband Mr. Ndelebe shabangu died while he
was on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.

After his death, i discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account which
amounted to the sum of us$25.5m with a security and finance institution in South
Africa of which i will divulge information to you when i get your full consent
and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer of the
funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of your choice.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed
with the government of South Africa . Though i assisted him in getting this
contract but i never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am afraid that the
government of South Africa might start to investigate on contracts awarded from
1990 to date. If they discover this money in his bank account, they will
confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa and this will definitely
affect my political career in government.
I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker so
that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any hitch. As
soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move it immediately
into another personal bank account in your country.

I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa . As soon as
you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest son with my
attorney to come to your country to discuss on business investments. For your
assistance, I am offering you 20% you have to assure me and also be ready to go
into agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund. If you agree to my
terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sensitive
position in the South African government,

Please do not call on the office line, because of the sensitivity of this
transaction except of the above direct line; you can contact my son Joseph
Shabangu direct line  27-73-307-2272, I prefer you send me email than call. All
correspondence must be by email to my private emailaddress,
(susanshabangu0101@gmail.com)


If you want to speak with my banker, that is fine and okay by me. You will
have to send down you private telephone /fax number so that I can forward it to
him to reach you from time to time this is for security reasons. Please I do not
need to remind you of the need for absolute confidentiality of this transaction
must succeed. If you do not feel comfortable with this transaction, do not
hesitate to discontinue. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards
to your family.


Susan shabangu
Dept. Minister safety & security


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