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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: "Jonathan Ola" <jonathan_ola@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jonathanola03@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:49:21 +0000
Subject: Compliments of the Season, Please Reply

MY DEAR,


How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all okay? I found
information about you and decided to contact you for an important
assistance. I am Prince Jonathan Ola a citizen of Zimbabwe, but i am
contacting from a neiboring country here in Plateau Jos, Nigeria where i am
now sicking political assylum.

I am the only son of Kenneth Ola, a wealthy farmer and senior politician
with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic
Change [MDC]. My father was murdered by our wicked President, Robert Mugabe
and I fled my country because I have become his next target to eliminate.My
father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a
part wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship government of
President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's
brutal acts by visiting this web ites;

http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in
fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father's death through the Court and media; the government saw
us as a big treat to them and decided to
eliminate us.

Mr. Olds was attacked and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before
they came looking for me, I received the news and I had to flee through the
border to South Africa to save my life. My arrival here in IVORY COAST still
remains like a miracle to me.

Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge sum of money in
the total sum of $19.2 Million presently lodge with the security company in
holland. My father kept this money in in two trunk boxes in disguise as
family treasures and could not bank them, because of the situation in my
country. My father's business, farms and banks account were seized by the
government before his arrest and murder.

He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention
and I have made several arrangements concerning the shipment of the boxes
out of my country because we cannot invest it there. I was on the process
when I fled the country. I need your assistance in securing the funds there
in your country, so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country
to invest with the fund I am willing to offer you 30% of the $19.2 Million
for your assistance.

Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more
details on how we shall proceed. As I wait for your urgent response, please
treat this information as top secret and reply to
jonathanola03@yahoo.co.uk

Sincerely,

Prince Jonathan Ola


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