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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: Jonas Soya <jonas.soya01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jonas.soya1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:21:51 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


From: Jonas Soya
E-mail: jonas.soya1@gmail.com
Tel: +27 846 438 137

Urgent and confidential

Attn: Sir / Madam,

LETTER OF INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to
you, I also plead with you to patiently read through my proposal before
making a decision whether to partake in this business opportunity or not. I
am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my
family and I to receive fund to a personal or company account and for
investment purposes, I am Jonas Soya, the son of Late Mr. David Soya, who
was a Commercial Farmer and very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and
Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe.

My father was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by the
President Robert Mugabe Administration during the land dispute that just
happened in Zimbabwe wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few
black’s farmers and this resulted to the killing and mob action by
Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of
people were killed because of this land reformed Act.

Before his death he deposited the sum of US$13.9 Million Dollars (Thirteen
Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in one of the Safety
Services Company here in South African. After the death of my father, we
decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger. In the
cause of moving the fund to your account for investment my family has
agreed to offer you 30% of the fund for your assistant, while 70% will be
for my investment in your Country / Company.

REQUIREMENT: What I expect from you in your reply are the following,

(i) Your direct telephone number for easy communication.
(ii) Your personal company / Work profile
(iii) Suggest what investment you would like us to invest on

Please, I kindly ask that you have a positive mindset about this business
opportunity and I promise that you will not regret your involvement, also
be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolute
confidentiality is required for the safety of my family and the fund, and
do call me for notice immediately you receive this letter on; +27 846 438
137 and send your response to my email address above.

I anticipate your quick response.

Thanks and God bless you
Jonas Soya
(For the family)

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