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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: "Julia Ncube" <frivarola@cimeco.com>
Reply-To: jncube1@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:37:53 -0800
Subject: Foreign Investment Partnership

Dear Sir,

I am looking for a foreign partner that will assist my family to transfer substantial amount of money to an offshore account for investment purpose, I am Mrs. Julia Ncube, the wife of late MR. SENZO NCUBE, who was a commercial farmer and a wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe.

My husband was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by President Robert Mugabe administration during the land dispute that is happening in Zimbabwe which exclusively affected the white farmers and some black 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 have been killed because of the land dispute.

Before the death of my husband, he has lodged the total sum of US$34,000.000.00 (Thirty Four Million U.S. dollars) in a Security Company in South African, for providing us your bank account to receive this fund, my family has agreed to offer you Thirty percent (30%) of the fund, while Seventy percent (70%) will be investment in your Country for my family.

After the death of my husband, our lives were in danger in Zimbabwe; I decided to relocate my children to South Africa where we live in asylum camp.

I await your prompt reply,

Mrs. Julia Ncube
E-mail: jncube1@yahoo.es
Tel: +27 73 414 9985

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