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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: lucy monica monica <monicalucymonica@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:29:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: MRS MCKNIGHT LUCY MONICA,


FROM: MRS MCKNIGHT LUCY MONICA,
MY SON CONTACT NUMBER:+27-83 56 22 22 0 }HIS NAME IS jabu
DEAR FRIEND,
With due respect,trust and humility I write this Letter to you seeking your help and assistance though It's difficult since we have not met before.I got your address from the internet through the consultancy directory during my search for a reliable and honest person to transact this business with,I believe that you are capable and reliable in assisting this my urgent request. I am Mrs.MONICA LUCY MCKNIGHT, the wife of LATE FREDRICK MCKNIGHT, the former popular black farmer in Zimbabwe who is also a Famous politician,in the Zimbabwe political arena. My husband was assonated by president Mugabe and his men because he(my husband}refusal to agree with the so called president to take the lands/farms of the whites who contribute to make the country what it is today. Because of my husbands sincerity he was constantly briefing the press on what is going wrong in the country and the autocratic government of Mugabe.
He was assassinated on 23 November 2001 being Sunday by 8.45pm in Harare,in Western province of Zimbabwe,the planners of the assasination are well know by the masses.My dear when this incident occurred at about 8.45pm in Zimbabwe time,my husband did not die on the spot rather he was rushed to Harare hospital where he later died.Before the death of my husband,he had taken me and our son to South Africa to deposit the sum of US$15.4m(Fifteen million four hundered Thousand United States Dollars}And now I am in Zimbabwe but my son is in South Africa with the money deposited in a security company.
Because of the country existing law,which bears asylum seekers/refugee like him (my son)and also his age is not approve to operate an account that exceed US$2000.00 and the fear of the South African government not raising eyebrows about the money there in South Africa,i decided to write to you seek for your help for this money to be transferred into your private bank account as all arrangements for a hitch free transfer have been fully concluded.
And also due to my present condition here in zimbabwe,Mugabe and his allied have deprived me the right of travelling outside the country,I am having a deadly cancer of the breast which make me to be
worried to see that this money is in a safe hand before anything happened to me,it is the only thing left for the up bringing of my children whom are still young before my husband left me.I want to assure you also that this transaction is
100% risk free as no other person knows this apart from my first son MR MORRIS MCKNIGHT and I.Dear,as for your rewarding kind assistance I have resolved to give you 20% of the total amount, while 5% have been mapped out for any expenses that might be incurred in the course of this transaction.and also another 5% will be given to motherless babies homes,we planned to invest the rest of the money in your country under your guidance.If you are willing to assist us try as much as possible to write me so i would inform my son about my negociations with you.
Dear, bear in mind that our lives and future of my children depend on this fund and we do hope that this money will be safe, when finally transferred into your account.i do hope of establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you and your family after this transaction as soon as possible.
Please I would like you to keep this transaction highly confidential and secret considering my son position in South Africa.I have already brief my son immediately about you,if you receive this mail kindly contact him on his NUMBER:+27-83 56 22 22 0 }You can as well read more about the crises in my
country on this 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 for your understanding and God bless you.
Best regards,
MRS LUCY MCKNIGHT



















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