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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: "Prince Simon Wilfred" <pswilfredo11@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:15:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT

From Prince Simon Wilfred,
Tel: +27 83 356 6265
pswilfredoo11@soon.com



Attn:Director/CEO,

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is with due respect, trust and humility that i write you this proposal,
which I believe will be a great interest to you i found your contact while I
was doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable
foreign partner that will assist my family and I.this is the most reason why
I contacted you.

I am Prince Simon Wilfred the son of Dr. James Wilfred of Zimbabwe. During
the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our
president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country,
all the white and black farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his
party members and his followers.

My father who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of
the farmers co-operation did not support his idea and so the party members
invaded my fathers farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father
and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm. After the death of my
father I, my mother and younger sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because our lives was in danger with the DOCUMENTS of a fund which my father
deposited in one of the security company in SOUTH AFRICA. The amount stated
in the document is US$27.5M (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS)since our arrival to SOUTH AFRICA we have gone to the
SECURITY COMPANY and meet with them. but now in terms to invest the
money here, we cannot do so due to the policy and law of this country so
with the advice from our family attorney I decided to make a contact with an
overseas firm who will assist me and my family to move this money out of
South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa,
and cannot continue to suffer when we have such amount of money in the
security company.

So, if you consider this proposal, my family and I have agreed to give you
25% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country
and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incurred during this
transaction and 70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.
All I want is for you to furnish me with all your banking details and your
personal phone and fax number for easy communication. You can contact me on
the above and below telephone number and E-mail address.

Note: This transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential Then,
if you are interested to help me and my family please contact me with this
E-mail [pswilfredoo11@soon.com] and phone number +27 83 356 6265.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best Regards,
PRINCE SIMON WILFRED
For the family.

You can as well read more about the crises in my country and about this
situation on the following THREE sites:

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html

www.dailynews.zimbabwe.com



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