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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: "john vuka" <johnvuka111@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:17:09 +0000
Subject: CRY FOR YOUR URGENT HELP/INVESTMENT AND CALL ME IMMEDIATELY!!

FROM:JOHN VUKA.
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:27-83-951-5636
E-MAIL:johnvuka111@hotmail.com

URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL/FUND TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Attn: Jeroen.

GOOD DAY!

You may be surprise to receive this letter since you do not know me
personally. My name is JOHN VUKA, the only son of late DR.ALEX VUKA, who was
murdered with my mother (MRS.RONA VUKA) in a land dispute in zimbabwe.

I got your countries business publication through the chamber of commerce
here in Johannesburg, South Africa. And after going through your business
executive profile, I decided to write and seek for your assistance in the
problem I have. During the current Crisis against the farmers of the
Zimbabwe by supporters of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white
owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender
their farms to his party members and their followers. My father was one of
the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the
president's political ideology, the president supporters invaded my father's
farm burnt down everything, killed my parents and confiscated all my
father's investment.

Before the death of my parents in the farm land, my father took me to South
Africa to deposit the sum of US$28 Million United States Dollars with a
Security & Finance Company, as he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The
money was deposited as gem of precious stones to avoid much demurrage from
the Security Company. This money was meant for buying of new machineries and
chemical for farms and establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

I moved to South Africa where I currently residing as asylum seekers. Of
late, when I decided to invest this money here in South Africa, I discovered
that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the right to
investment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence I contacted you to
assist me in transfering this money out of South Africa to your overseas
account for my onward investment.

I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk-free. The nature of
your business does not necessarily matter in this transaction. So, if you
are willing and interested to assist me, I have decided to give you 15% of
the total sum for your assistance, 80% will be for my investment in your
country and the remaining 5% will be mapped out for all expenses we may
incur during the course of the transaction. Note that you would also assist
me in investing my own share of the money in your country.

Finally, if you are interested to assist me in this transaction, I need your
urgent reply through the above Telephone and E-mail. Do not forget to
include your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.

Please, treat this business proposal with absolute confidentiality.

Best Regards,

John Vuka.


N/B.

PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

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