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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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Fraud email example:

From: MR DESZUMA <de_sz_uma53@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:16:37 +0200
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE



FROM:MR. DESMOND ZUMA
TEL:+27-73 1828 938
EMAIL: de_sz_uma@hotmail.com or deszumafamily@hotmail.com

REQUEST FOR AN URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

My name is DEMOND Zuma,the eldest son of MR WALTER ZUMA,of ZIMBABWE It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, I got it from the Network Online.However,this proposal letter is coming to you with good intention.

During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by thesupporters of our president,ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms inour country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.My father was one of the great and best farmers in the country duringhis life time and knowing that he did not support the president’spolitical ideology,the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm, burntdown everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died after five days.

And after his death, I and my younger brother include my only sister, decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South-Africa. BUT, before my father died, he wrote his WILL, which reads :"(MY BELOVEED SON ,I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($18.5,00,000=00),WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH-AFRICA).IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY".You should solicit for reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of SOUTH AFRICA for investment purpose.I deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you onlywith the help of a FOREIGN PARTNER using the deposit code.Your mother hasall the documents. Take good care of her,your younger brother and sister.From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of myfamily depends on this money as much.

I will be very grateful if you can assist us I and my younger brother including my sister are now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS since Febuary 2007 and the financial law of SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money.In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment purposes.For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 30% of the total fund,while 70% will be for me and my family.Finally, modalities on the transfer will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves.Looking forward to your urgent reply via my two email:de_sz_uma@hotmail.com or deszumafamily@hotmail.com.For detailed information, pleasecontact me on my direct line TEL:+27-731828938 , Your personal phone and fax numbers are highly needed for further and effective communication.NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY DUE TO POLITICAL CRISIS.THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.Best regards,DESMOND ZUMA(for the family)
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