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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: ben moyo <ben_moyo777@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:35:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.



FROM;MoyoS family

Email;ben_moyo777@yahoo.co.in
Phone TEL:+27-732379476

Dear sir/madam
My name is Mrs. Monica Moyo, the wife of late
Mr.JAMES Moyo of Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact
address, I got it from the Internet on-line in my desperate search for a
highly responsible and trustworthy individual to assist me and my family in
this transaction. During the current crises against the farmers of
Zimbabwe by the 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 husband was
one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the
president's political ideology, the president's supporters invaded my
husband's farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds
sustained, he became sick
and died after two days. And after his death, I with
my two children decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives
to South Africa. BUT, before he died HE WROTE HIS WILL, which reads "(MY
BELOVEED SON ,I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF (35,000,000.00)
thirty five MILLION,AMERICA DOLLAR WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY
IN JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH-AFRICA). IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH
CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY". You should solicit for reliable foreign partner/s to
assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose. I
will deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with
the deposit code. I have all the documents. From the above, you will
understand that the lives
and future of my family depends on this money as
much, I will be very
grateful if you can assist us. I with my two
children are now living in
South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the
financial laws of
SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain
financial rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, I cannot
invest this money in South Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer
this money out of South-Africa for investment purposes. For your
efforts, we are prepared to offer you 25% of the total fund, while 5% will be
set aside for local and international expenses and 70% will be kept for me
and my family under your care. Finally, modalities on how the transfer will
be done would be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence
between ourselves. For detailed information, please contact my son Mr.BEN MOYO
direct or e-mail address ben_moyo777@yahoo.co.in YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
Wishing you all the best,MRS. Monica Moyo
NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY. I WISH
HOWEVER, TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.

Thanks,

MONICA and PRINCE BEN MOYO
{FOR THE FAMILY MOYO}






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