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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: "George Moroka" <georgefamily_private@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:15:43 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.


FROM GEORGE MOROKA
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
PHONE:+27 83-868-1661

Dear


My name is GEORGE MOROKA, the eldest son of MR JOHN MOROKA, of ZIMBABWE. It
might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, i got it on the
internet here in South Africa when i was making an intensive research for my
investment in your country then i decided to contact you directly.

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 father was one of the great and best
farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s
political ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm
burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he
became sick and died after five days. And after his death, I decided to move
out of Zimbabwe for the safety of my life 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 USD$25.5MILLION {TWENTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS} 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".This money was deposited in a box as a germ stone to avoid much
demurrage in the Security Company. You should solicit for reliable foreign
partner to assist you to transfer this money out of SOUTH AFRICA for
investment purpose.

I deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with
the deposit code. your mother has all the documents. Take good care of your
mother and brother."
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 am now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the
financial law 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, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be
set aside for local and international expenses and 75% will be kept for me
and my family .

Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you
once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to
your urgent reply .For detailed information, please contact me on my e-mail
address or preferably via phone + 27 83-868-1661

NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND
SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE
HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

All the best,

GEORGE MOROKA
(FOR THE FAMILY)


N/B: 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 ..

Thanks

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