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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: "Zachary Musengi Saitoti" <msaitoti@mail.kz>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:59:41 +0200
Subject: RE:


Mr Zachary Musengi Saitoti
FAX/TEL:+27-86-613-1634
email:=20
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I am writing to you for help on humanitarian grounds, in return for 25% of =
US$40MILLION. my name is Mr Zachary Musengi Saitoti the son of Late Kenyan =
Internal Security Minister Prof George Saitoti, who died in a police helico=
pter crash on 10th of June 2012 Sunday morning in Ngong area on the outskir=
ts of Nairobi in helicopter. for more details please kindly read the below=
website for full understanding of my pain and story.
( http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=3D76873)
but before the death of my father he deposited some money with the securit=
y company in south africa for our family investment in the name of my mothe=
r. which was he,s share of $600Million Kenya's Goldenberg affair
I am therefore appealing for your assistance and help in order to get the =
money out south africa to your country for investment, all i need is a par=
tner that will work with me to get the money out for i have all the documen=
ts to bring the money out of the security company but i need a foreigner pa=
rtner that will stand with me, there is no risk at all for you.
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If you are interested, please reply urgently giving me the following inform=
ation (1) Your Telephone No; (2)Your Full Name; (3) Your Contact Address.
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On receipt of your reply, I will send you more details, including the docum=
ents that prove the deposit of the money.
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Regards,=20=20=20=20
Zachary Musengi Saitoti

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