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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: ssa11@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:14:02 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT

MRS SHENGI. R. AGRIKA
Zimbabwe
TEL:27-82-79-51208
EMAIL:ShAgrika1@netscape.net

PLEASE WRITE TO ME VIA THIS
EMAIL:ShAgrika@netscape.net

REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT.

DEAR Friend,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial; as a matter of urgentcy,i am desparately
looking for a foriegn partner whom i can trust tohandle some investmentor fund movement. I am MRS SHENGI. R. AGRIK
wife of late MR.MENTU AGRIKA, who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irrate blackpeople.

I am writing from Zimbabwe. I got your address from the internet through the consultancy directory during my search
for a reliable and honest person to transact this business with.I write to solicit for your special assistance to a
family shattered by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party- president Robert
Mugabe.

Because of land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some
irrate partymembers to disposess the land being occupied by white farmers.This action has led to the killing of some
members of opposition party including my husband(MENTU AGRIKA), who did do not support this ill-fated action.

But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum ofUS$15.4m (Fifteen
million four hundered Thousand United States Dollars)in the name of our only son RAYMOND with the help of
reputable security company in south Africa with the intention of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing
company among other companies in our neighbouring country (Swaziland)after his university education.

On the 29th of July, 2001, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)ruling party trooped into our
compound and axed him(my husband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, RAYMOND AGRIKA, but
he managed to escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee). But his
position in South Africa does not permit him to open an account or run any huge financial business.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account so that you will assist him to invest it in
your country. Hence,if you agree to assist us, we will offer you 20% of the money for your assistance, 10% will be
for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70% will be for our family investment in
your country through your assistance. I need your urgent and confidential response.

Best regards,
SHENGI AGRIKA(MRS.)
FOR THE FAMILY

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you all the informations that will empower your
good self in finalizing the transaction with the security company in south Africa I will also send to you the agreement that will protect both interest. And also further
information about yourself is necessary for i can not play on this.

You can as well read more about the crises in my country and about this situation on the
following.sites:http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.
zimbabwe/http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html

Waiting for your prompt and positive response ..
CALL MY SON ON THIS NUMBER 27-82-795-1208.OR

PLEASE WRITE TO ME VIA THIS
EMAIL:ShAgrika@netscape.net

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