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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: "james martins" <jamesmartins649@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:05:12 +0200
Subject: HUMBLE ASSISTANCE

FROM:JAMES MARTINS
TEL:+27-83-42-97-694.
FAX:+27-84-714-4837.
15 LINE STREET SANTON
JHB
SOUTH AFRICA

DEAR:SIR,

My name is JAMES MARTINS,THE ELDER SON OF Mr PAUL MARTINS a citizen of
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you where I got your address.

So I got your address from internet.Please do not be worried.During the
current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our
president MUGABE to claim all the white-owned farmers to his party members
and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's Political idealogy. Mugabe invaded my father,s farmland in
my country and burnt everthing in the farm,killed my father and made away
with a lot of items in my father,s farms.

Before his death,my father had deposited with one of the security VAULT in
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA the sum of US$35M (Thirty Five million united
state Dollars).
with my name the money in the security company as valuables So I decided to
contact overses firm and companies that will assist me to move this money
out of south Africa because as asylum seekers here we are not allowed to
operate any account within south Africa .
We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance ,10%
will be mapped out for expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction and 60% will be for me and my family to invest in your country
All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and
fax number for easy ommunication.
Kindly contact me on the above telephone and fax number immediately. Note
that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential
intially,Note that the security company here where this money was deposited
do not knew the actual contents of the box,it was known to them to be a
consignment of family valuables.

Thanks and God bless you
MR JAMES MARTINS

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