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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: "NEWTON HARRY" <megpacy@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: harryndulovo@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:06:24 +0200
Subject: PARTNER

Dear Sir/Madam,

With warm hearts I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.
However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity.
My name is NEWTON HARRY NDULOVO, the son of PASCAL ZHIRI NDULOVO,
One of the most popular farmers from Zimbabwe, who was murdered in the Land dispute in my country.
As led by my instinct, I decided to contact you through email, after searching for Contacts via the internet, as it is the only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties with Zimbabwe for now. I apologize if this is not acceptable to you.
The purpose of this letter is to seek your most needed assistance in a Business venture. Due to the land and political problems in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe's introduction of new Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white farmers and the few rich black farmers, all white farmers were asked to surrender their farms to the Government for re-distribution and infact to his political party members and my Father though black was the treasury of the farmers association and a strong Member of an opposition party that did not support the president's idea.
He then ordered his party members and the police under his pay row to invade my father's farm and burn down everything in the farm. They killed my father and took away a lot of items from his farm.
After the death of my father, our local pastor and a close friend of my father handed us over will documents with instructions from my father.That we should leave Zimbabwe incase anything happen to him.
The will documents have a certificate of deposit, Airway bill
confirming cash Deposit totalling twenty four million five hundred thousand united state dollars. [$24.5m] kept in custody for us in a security company that the content is money hence it was deposited as personal belongings.
This money was deposited with this Private Security Company for
Safety and security reasons, and was to be used for the purchase
Of land, new machines and chemicals establishment of new farms in Botswana.
This violent and barbaric act by Mugabe,Mr President has since led to the death of my beloved mother and kid sister and other innocent lives.
I was continually threatened to abandon my inheritance from my father after he was murdered. I resisted for a while, but when the danger became unbearable, and I survived two murder attempts, I fled out of Zimbabwe with the help of my father's close friend Mr. John Casahans from Australia also a farmer who was leaving in Zimbabwe with us but left with his family following this ugly development I have tried to reach
him but all to no avail.
I am currently staying in the Spain where I am seeking political asylum. In fact my decision to come here to seek asylum, is because the security company from South Africa, has a branch here, I have contacted them to move the safe deposit from their office in Johannesburg to The affiliate office here in Madrid (Spain) which they are waiting further directives from me before they effect the movement.
I need to transfer this money to an account and invest part of the Money. Since the law of Spain prohibits a refugee (Asylum Seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial Transaction, this is why I am seeking a genuine and reliable Partner, whose account this money can be transferred after the consignment must have been duely transferred from South Africa, hence your involvement in this venture.
You have to understand that this decision taken by me is a very big And brave one, and it entrusts my future in your hands, as a result of the safe keeping of this money.
If you accept to assist me, all I want you to do for me, is to assist with arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company from their office here in The Spain, as it has now been transferred from Johannesburg, South Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of you representing me.
For your assistance, I have two options for you. Firstly you can choose to have 20% of the money for your assistance, and helping me open an account for the money to be deposited here, or you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country.
Whichever the option you want, please to notify me in your reply.
I have also set aside 1 % of the total sum $24.5M for all kinds of expenses that come our way in the process of this transaction, and 4% for Charity donation. If you prefer to accept the 20% for your moral and financial assistance then the balance will be left in the account here for me.
Please note that this 1% is not with me at the moment but shall be deducted from the total sum as soon as the money finally hits your nominated account.
Finally I want you to maintain absolute secrecy for the purpose of this transaction.
Your reply should be sent to my private
Email address only harryndulovo@netscape.net
I look forward to your reply and c-operation, and I thank you in
Advance as I anticipate your co-operation.
Sincerely,
NEWTON.H.NDULOVO
harryndulovo@netscape.net
0034680301634


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