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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: joy ford <joy_ford2001@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:48:56 -0400
Subject: please reply me if my condition touches ur heart



Good Day,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since we have not met each other before but i believe God's Way is different from that of Human Beings and know body in this life that was born with problems only when one is unlucky that unimagined pro


blems comes but we give glory to God for all.In a brief introduction,I am Mrs Joy Ford,Wife of a known Mechanised Farmer (Mr.Terry Ford) Director of Gowrie Farms located in Norton -Harare - Zimbabwe.I was furnished of your profile from a proffesional dat


abase found in the internet while searching for a reliable God chosen person to help me after series of prayers for divine direction/convinction.My trauma started on 18th of March 2002 when members of Zimbabwean president,Mr.Robert Mugabe war Veteran and


ZANU PF invaded our house with cutlasses and sharp objects.My husband was battered to death and i was forcefully raped by the invaders.As if my husband forsees the looming danger in his life due his close ally to the opposition of Mr.Mugabe tyranic gove


rment which he has received several death threat by government agents.Night before the incident,he called me and showed me where he kept the documents of his secret funds deposited in Accra - Ghana,the most peaceful nation in Africa.He told me he made th


e deposit with beneficiary to be "OPEN BENEFICIARY" and must be a foreigner to avoid trace due to his position in Zimbabwe.

In the height of this incident,i took my two kids with the documents and sneaked to Accra - Ghana for the deposited after i have called the security company and they have confirmed the existence of the deposit.The amount is $15 Million Dollars which my h


usband disguised its content to the security as Family Valuable for security Reason. As I hoped to come and withdraw this my last hope of money to take my children out of this Africa before I meet my current faith.As I arrived Accra-Ghana and proceeded t


o the Refugee Camp to declare Assylum as my travelling documents were destroyed to avoid tracing .We were subjected to HIV/AIDS test as the criteria for entry into Refugee Camp.When the result came out,I tested positive as a result of the rape meted to


me by the invaders.I was not allowed into the Camp again rather i was taken to the Aids Victims Rehabilitation Unit.I decided to contact you when the chief medical director told me that my days are numbered which is better than the stigma of an Aids Vic


tim that is worse than death.I therefore decided to make the heir while the sun shine by contacting you as a foreigner to kindly contact our African family lawyer Mr.Daniel Okafor Esq whom i have given all the documents of the deposit to keep.Alot of peo


ple have been killed in my country.For reference,you can hook up to CNN news every day for what is happening in my country by the wicked tyrant Mugabe or visit the incident of my husband at : www.mdczimbabwe.org(go to violence and check date March 19th


2002 or http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm.As an investor whom I will entrust my Children's future with,I must let you know that this business is completely 100% risk-free. What you are required to do is to contact the lawyer to finetune


how the deposit will be retrieved.

Note: I contacted you on the following agreement/Reasons;

1.To keep this transaction secret and confidential due to my condition rightnow.

2.To safeguard the fund in your account and take my only son (6years)and daughter (4years) to your country where they will be under your care and finish their Education before you will release their share of the fund to them.Guide them on where they will


invest their share to avoid wrong investment as this is their only hope in their life to survive.
3.To present yourself as the beneficiary of the deposit so that the deposit can be released to you.
4. You will be transparent, honesty and diligence and will not be greed
to divulge from the original percentage offered to you thereby requesting for increase which might lead you to sit on the funds once it is under your custody, or you try to blackmail them so you can take the money alone.
5.Your percentage for your assistance will be 15%, 25% will be used to set up AIDS VICTIMS Welfare Center where patients will be well treated and loved to be able to stay longer and campaign against rapes.This organisation must have my children name as


the directors while 55% will be for my childrens upkeep and 5% will be set aside to defray any incidental charges that may be incurred in the course of the transaction.
Incase you will not be interested to handle this matter,kindly inform me to enable me look for another person on time.
Delete this message and never expose it to the third party due to the sensitivity of this letter.Incase i did not reply you again then understand that i have dropped death then you will mail my lawyer your response to his email abbss2001@yahoo.com

com to detail you and forward the documents to you if need be.Once i am dead please pray for my soul and take all Aids Victims as your brothers and sisters as some of them became victims by rape.If you wish to contact my lawyer through phone .
Feel free to ask any question you deem necessary .

In God We Trust.

Yours truly,

Mrs Joy Ford




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