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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: yvonne nkomo <yvonnenkomo1955@zwallet.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:15:36 -0400
Subject: AM INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN YOUR COUNTRY FROM (MRS YVONNE NKOMO)

NO.31 BRUCE STREET,BEREA 2196

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

TELEPHONE:+27-72-070-8450.

yvnkomo@yahoo.com







My Dear,



STRICKLY CONFIDENTIAL





Forgive my indignation if these message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.



I am MADAM YVONNE NKOMO, the wife of late PHILLIP NKOMO the Zimbabwean farm lord, one of the major victims in the land reform crisis in Zimbabwe.You might have read or heard about it.



I got your information in the internet through the websit of investment opportunities and individual profiles in your country, while searching for a reliable,honest and trustworthy person to entrust this business with and I was simply inspired and motivated to write you.



The President Robert Mugabe had introduced a new land reform act meant to deprive and relocate all the major Farms in Zimbabwe. This has resulted in the Zimbabwean war veteran and black mob killing, looting and displacing the entire major farms in Zimbabwe.



Thousand have been killed and my husband plus my two children are one of the major victims, as we own one of the biggest modern farms in the Southern Africa region. My husband might have sensed his death due to the rage and killing because shortly before he was murdered in cold blooded, he took me to South Africa with our first son Johnson to deposit the sum of US$11.400.000.00 (Eleven Million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) into a security and finance company in South Africa, it was deposited as a family valuable to avoid unnecessary attention and high demurrage payment as this money was actually meant for the development and building of anultra modern farms in Southern African region with all it machineries, pipe born water, electricity, chemicals etc, only he did not live to accomplish this dream.



Faced with this situation, I ran to South Africa with my remaining family were we are now, to claim these funds US$11.400.000.00 (Eleven Million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) since it was lodged in through me and I have in my possession all the necessary documents. We had plan to invest this money in South Africa, but because of our status here as an Asylum Seeker we are not allow any investment or financial rights not even to operate a bank account in the country coupled with the nearness of South African to our country and so that is our decision to move out of Africa.



I am close to 50 years old and our uncle is over 60 years we cannot continue to live in fear. We are seeking for an outside assistant -YOU -(as our friend who was in exertly the same situation successfully did) to help us receive this money through your personal or company account as the beneficiary to it. Every arrangement and all the clearance paper and permit for the transfer have been obtained and we can send you copies of it.



Please do understand that there is no risk of any kind involve in this as you will confirm, all that we require of you is your reliability and trustworthiness not to take advantage of our vulnerable position in this.

I have however agreed,as our foriegn partner to allow you 10% of the entire sum as compensation.3% for expenses,while 87% will be held on trust for my family.



This money is all we have left for my remaining family and me. Being in exile is not easy at my age with family, coupled with my ill health due to the trauma from what I have been through. More so I will need your assistant to help my remaining family and me migrate over immediately this fund is transferred to your account.



We need not remind you of the confidential and private nature of this, please keep this all this information very confidential at all cost.



If you are willing to assist us,kindly contact my son Johnson Nkomo on this Telephone number +27-72070-8450, He is presently in charge due to my ill health.



we are running out of time due to the expiration of our resident permit here.

May God be with you and your family, and grant you the strength and wisdom to help us.



You can aswell contact my son Johnson at jhson_n@yahoo.com for more details.



Remain blessed.

Best regards

MADAM YVONNE NKOMO



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