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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: "Duduzane Zum" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <duduzanezk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:49:09 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hello,
 
 
How are you today? I am Duduzane  Zuma  the son of president Zuma of south Africa who resigned on 14th  February after the pressure from the opposition
I need your urgent assistance right now I am on house arrest all my account in south Africa has been blocked I don’t have access to my funds some of the money I have in overseas  which is on my name and my father’s name I want to hand it over to you because we want the fund to be invest in your country for your assistance in this transaction I will give you 30% of the fund get back to me for more details and this must be kept confidential
 
 
Best   Regards
Duduzane  Zuma
Reply  me on this email: duduzanezk@gmail.com

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