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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: "celine dube" <celinekebodb@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 09:47:07 +0200
Subject: URGENT FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP/ASSISTANCE FROM: MRS. CELINE DUBE

From: Mrs. Celine Dube
 
 
                                   URGENT FOREIGN PARTNER ASSISTANCE.

ATTEN: Director/ Manager;
 
With due respect, trust and humility, I write this letter to you seeking for your help and assistance though it is difficult since we have not had any correspondence before now. I got your contact through my random search. I sincerely believe that you are capable to handle this urgent and international transaction.

I am Celine Dube, the wife of  Mr Edward Dube, a Zimbabwean farmer and businessman who was kidnapped early last year by dissident and war veterans suspected to have the backing of the incumbent president Mugabe because of my husband's out spoken ness against his decision to seize white owned farms and freely give them to blacks without compensating the original white owners in order to secure votes in the past elections and this has led to the death of so many blacks and whites since it started.

Four days after my husband was kidnapped, he managed to sneak a written message to me and my only son, explaining his condition in the hands of these hudlumps and informing us of diplomatic box he deposited with the Security Company  in South Africa which contained the sum of US$13 Million ( Thirteen Million  United States Dollars). But the content of the box was not disclosed to the Security Company due to security reasons.
 
He ask us to take  the documents relating to the deposition where he kept it in a safe as he deposited the box in my son's name{Johnmac Dube}. My husband instructed us to move out of Zimbabwe for our safety, which we successfully did and now we are in South Africa. As a result we are seriously and urgently in need of a foreign partner who will give assistance for this money to be transferred into his/her account pending our arrival to your country. It is very important you understand that this transaction is 100% risk free, as no other source knows about this fund and our whereabouts.

As for your reward for your kind assistance, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum and 5% mapped out for any expenses we might incur during the course of the transfer and we intend to use 70% for investment in your country or any other country you might suggest and which should be under your guidance.

 Finally, I urge you to give this transaction a highly needed confidentiality it deserves and promise that you will not sit on this money when finally transferred into your account as our lives and future depend on this fund. Please I will be very much glad if you give this urgent attention and  notify us on the above email address after  indicating you intrest as our partner.

Thank you and God bless you.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Celine Dube
(For the family)


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