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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: "pedro smith" <pedrosmith10@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:26:19 +0200
Subject: A PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE

FROM: PEDRO SMITH
TEL: +27 83-206-4103
FAX: +27 82-260-89-39
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

ATTN:PRESIDENT / CEO,

My name is Mr. PEDRO SMITH, the eldest son of Mr. FRANCIS SMITH of Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about how I got your contact address through
world online / Internet.

During the current war against the rich white farmers in Zimbabwe, from the
supports of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms
to his own party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers
in Zimbabwe to surrender all their farms 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 idea, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and
burnt everything in the farmland, killing my father and made away with all
the things in my father's farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the security company
in Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of $US20 Million (Twenty Million
United States Dollars). Then after the death of my father, my family decided
to move to South Africa where my father had deposited the money.

So I decided to contact overseas partner that will assist me to move this
money out of South Africa because as an asylum seeker in South Africa, I
cannot operate any account. We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum
for your assistance, 10% will be mapped out for expenses, and 70% for my
family.

So Please, if you think you can be of any assistance to me and my family,
kindly furnish me with your fax and phone numbers for easy communication.
You can contact me via my phone number, Tel: +27 83-206-4103 or through fax:
+27 82-260-89-39 . Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and
absolutely confidential for my family's sake.

Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Thanks and God bless you.

PEDRO SMITH (for the family).

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