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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: "jennifer thambo" <jenniferthambo103@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:58:45 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT ASSISTANCE

FROM:Mrs JENNIFER THAMBO
24 KRUGER AVENUE SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-73-5688-838
Fax:+21-11-5096-965624
Email:jenniferthambo103@hotmail.com

Attn:Sir/Madam,Director.

I am Mrs.Jennifer thambo, wife of late steve thambo who was murdered by the
Zimbabwean veterans and irrate black people.Before the death of my husband
on the 29th of July 2004, he was a Properous Tobacco and Coffee farmer in
Zimbabwe and one of the major sponsor/ Financier of the opposition party -
Movement For Democratic Change(MDC)in Zimbabwe.

He was also the former president of Farmers Co-operative Trade Union in
Zimbabwe. I am writing you from Johanessburg,South Africa. I got your
contact email address through the South African international Information
Exchange Centre and decided to write you.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by a
tyrannical government led by the dictator President ROBERT MUGABE and
his(ZANU-PF) ruling party.

I am probably of the convinction that you are aware of the present situation
in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe,
the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irrate party
members to disposes the land being occupied by whites and some rich farmers
who are opposed to his consistent stay in power and his radical and
unnecessary reforms targeted at his political opponents, this action has led
to the killing of some members of the opposition party including my
husband(STEVE THAMBO),who did not support this ill-fated action. But before
the death of my husband and the consistent threats to his life, he
anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the sum of US$15.m(Fitheen
Million United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest
neighbouring country and deposited it in a security company with the
intention of using it for the purchase of New farm machinery and chemicals
for Agricultural purposes in South Africa as well as a purchase of some
hectares of land in swaziland.

On the 29th July, 2004, 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,John thambo, but I
succeeded to work for his 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
normalise this fund for any meaningful business transaction in south Africa
since He does not have a south Africa Identity Card. That is why I want this
fund to be transferred into your Norminated account so that you will assist
him to invest it in your country.


Hence,if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we have agreed
to go into partnership with you and your family or in the alternatve, we
offer you 25%of the money for your assistance, 5% 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 want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/ money and
not drug money, nor could it be classified as government fund or Money
Laundering affairs and it could be substanciated by relevant authorties by
our attorney.

It is Family fund but termed confidential because I do not want my son to be
traced to where he is presently. If you are interested in assisting us,
kindly contact my son or myself with this email
address,jenniferthambo103@hotmail.com and the telephone number above. Right
now, I am presently in south Africa with John my son and the whole of my
family sequel to the tensed political situation and the fear for our lives
in Zimbabwe.

I need your urgent and confidential response.

Thanks.

Best regards
MRS JENNIFER THAMBO
for the family presently here in Johannesburg South Africa

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