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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: "audrey mabuza" <amabuza1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:52:50 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL LETTER OF ASSISTANCE !!!

FROM: MRS AUDREY MABUZA
HARARE ZIMBABWE.
E-MAIL:mabuzafamily11@yahoo.com

GOODDAY,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
You might be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don`t know
me personally. I am Mrs.AUDREY MABUZA the wife of late Mr WILLIEM
MABUZA,Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of MABUZA GROUP OF COMPANIES here in
Harare, Zimbabwe who was murdered by the Zimbabwean war veterans and irate
black people. I am writing this letter from Harare, Zimbabwe, to solicit for
your special assistance to my family shattered by a tyrannical government
led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party, President ROBERT MUGABE.I
got your contact through a valued friend when I travelled to South Africa to
see my son.

Because of land and farmland crisis in Zimbabwe the government secretly
sponsored the war veterans and some irate party members to dispossess the
land being occupied by the white farmers. This action led to killing of some
members of opposition party including my husband who did not
support this ill-fated action. But before the death of my husband, he
anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the sum of US$25.5 million
dollars (Twenty five million, five Hundred Thousand united state dollars) to
South Africa and deposited it in a Security Company with the intention of
using it for the purchase of farm machinery and chemicals for agricultural
Purpose in South Africa and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland.

This money was deposited in a box as family valuables to avoid much
demurrage in the Security Company. On the 29 January 2003 the war veterans
and some supporters of(ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and
axed my husband to death and my second son of 28yrs. Since then they have
been terrorizing my son VUYO but he managed to escape to neighbouring
country South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee). His position in
South Africa does not permit him to open an account or to operate any
business. That is why I want this fund to be transferred in
your account so that you will assist him to invest the money in your
country. If you accept to assist us, all I want from you is to arrange and
come down to Johannesburg South Africa so that you can help him to open a
non-resident bank account in your name which will aid us in transferring the
money into your nominating account overseas.

I have two options for you, firstly, you can choose to have certain
percentage of the money for nominating your account in this transaction or
we can go into partnership with you for the proper profitable investment of
the money in your country whichever the option you want feel free to notify
him. He will then furnish you with every detail you need to know. We have
also mapped out 5% of the total sum for any expenses that might be incurred
during the time of this
transaction. If you do not prefer a partnership, we are willing to give you
25% of the money while the remaining 70% will remain for my family, if you
are really capable and willing to assist us please contact him immediately
in South Africa with this telephone +27-847-659-131, or e-mail address
mabuzafamily11@yahoo.com

Finally please treat this matter as urgent as possible. Thanks for you`re
mutual co-operation. I`m expecting your soonest and urgent response.
Best Regards,

MRS AUDREY MABUZA.

FROM: MRS AUDREY MABUZA
HARARE ZIMBABWE.
E-MAIL:mabuzafamily11@yahoo.com

GOODDAY,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
You might be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don`t know
me personally. I am Mrs.AUDREY MABUZA the wife of late Mr WILLIEM
MABUZA,Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of MABUZA GROUP OF COMPANIES here in
Harare, Zimbabwe who was murdered by the Zimbabwean war veterans and irate
black people. I am writing this letter from Harare, Zimbabwe, to solicit for
your special assistance to my family shattered by a tyrannical government
led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party, President ROBERT MUGABE.I
got your contact through a valued friend when I travelled to South Africa to
see my son.

Because of land and farmland crisis in Zimbabwe the government secretly
sponsored the war veterans and some irate party members to dispossess the
land being occupied by the white farmers. This action led to killing of some
members of opposition party including my husband who did not
support this ill-fated action. But before the death of my husband, he
anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the sum of US$25.5 million
dollars (Twenty five million, five Hundred Thousand united state dollars) to
South Africa and deposited it in a Security Company with the intention of
using it for the purchase of farm machinery and chemicals for agricultural
Purpose in South Africa and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland.

This money was deposited in a box as family valuables to avoid much
demurrage in the Security Company. On the 29 January 2003 the war veterans
and some supporters of(ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and
axed my husband to death and my second son of 28yrs. Since then they have
been terrorizing my son VUYO but he managed to escape to neighbouring
country South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee). His position in
South Africa does not permit him to open an account or to operate any
business. That is why I want this fund to be transferred in
your account so that you will assist him to invest the money in your
country. If you accept to assist us, all I want from you is to arrange and
come down to Johannesburg South Africa so that you can help him to open a
non-resident bank account in your name which will aid us in transferring the
money into your nominating account overseas.

I have two options for you, firstly, you can choose to have certain
percentage of the money for nominating your account in this transaction or
we can go into partnership with you for the proper profitable investment of
the money in your country whichever the option you want feel free to notify
him. He will then furnish you with every detail you need to know. We have
also mapped out 5% of the total sum for any expenses that might be incurred
during the time of this
transaction. If you do not prefer a partnership, we are willing to give you
25% of the money while the remaining 70% will remain for my family, if you
are really capable and willing to assist us please contact him immediately
in South Africa with this telephone +27-847-659-131, or e-mail address
mabuzafamily11@yahoo.com

Finally please treat this matter as urgent as possible. Thanks for you`re
mutual co-operation. I`m expecting your soonest and urgent response.
Best Regards,

MRS AUDREY MABUZA.

_________________________________________________________________
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http://www.msn.co.za/




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