:: Stringing-along 419 scammers for my amusement ::

This is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the scam published here or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

Dr. Theko Chasana

This is an internet scam! DO NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Dr. Theko Chasana <theko@microsoft.co.za> Reply-to:     <drtheko@gmail.com> Subject:     SAME SURNAME Date:     Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:23:07 +0500 (07:23 EDT) -- Dear Friend,   My name is Dr. Theko Chasana, a legal practitioner with Chasana & Associates in South Africa .  I am contacting you because you have the same surname as my deceased client and I believe that you can help me in the transfer of the sum of $11, 500, 000 (Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that my deceased client deposited in a security company here in South Africa shortly before he died.   I require your assistance and partnership in transferring the funds out of my country. You will be required to: -   (1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum. (2) Advise on lucrative areas for subsequent investment. (3) Assist me in purchase of landed & viable properties.   I have all the information and guidance to enable you and I realize this opportunity. Kindly reconfirm your full names and contact telephone number for confirmation and for me to give you more information about this transaction. Time is not in our favour; please establish secured communication with me through my email address below.   Regards, Dr. Theko Chasana drtheko@gmail.com   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people and / or legitimate organizations whose actual names or other details appear in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! Scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help make themselves and their scam appear legitimate.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, bargain gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

If you receive one of these scam mails, simply delete it as you would any other spam mails.

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