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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: "Susan Tsvangirai" <mrs.tsvangirasusan@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.susantsvangirai@webmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:38:31 +0000
Subject: RE: TREAT AS PERSONAL (Mrs. Susan Tsvangirai)

FROM: MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI
51 Palm Estate -Avondale,
Harare,
Zimbabwe.


Dear Sir/Madam,

This may appear as a surprise to you but, bear it in mind that I have a good
and beneficial intention.

I am MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI, the wife of MR. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI of Zimbabwe. I
got your address from the South Africa Information Exchange (SAIE) and
decided to contact you and solicit for your assistance in the transfer of a
huge sum of fund into your foreign bank account.

Kindly contact me if my proposal is accepted, then I will provide you with
more details to this proposal.

Best regards,

MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI

NOTE: I strongly emphasis that this proposal must be kept confidential due
to the purpose of the funds transfer.

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