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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: "rose muthalabi" <rosemuthalabi_999@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmuthalabi@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:31:10 +0200
Subject: Hello dear/////////////////////

FROM ROSE MUTHALABI
#126 DF MALLAN DRIVE
NORTHCLIFF
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
E-MAIL:rosemuthalabi_999@hotmail.com
Cell number: +27-73-618-1068


PROPOSAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Compliments of the day!!

As a matter of utmost urgency I want you to come to my assistance. I found
your contact while I
was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable
foreign partner that
will assist me and my family. I am ROSE MUTHALABI the WIFE of MR. MICHEAL
MUTHALABI of Zimbabwe.

During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of
our PRESIDENT
ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the
white farmers were
ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers due
to their selfish
political interest. My husband who was one of the richest & best farmers in
our country, and
also the treasurer of the white farmers co-operation did not support his
idea and so the
party members (ZANUPF) invaded my husband farms and burnt everything in the
farm, killed
my husband and made away with a lot of items in the farm,the same thing they
did to other
farmers.

After the death of my husband, I and my family decided to move out of
Zimbabwe with the money
that my husband kept in his hidden safe in his house because our lives were
in danger . The
amount contained in the safe is US$18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States
Dollars) and we decided to code the money and move to the Republic of South
Africa a
neighbouring contry to Zimbabwe, where we deposited the money in a Security
Company for safe
keeping as a family valuable item.

So I decided to make contacts with a foreign faithful individual or company
whom will assist
us to move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers
here in South Africa,
and the law of the country does not permit us some civil rights such as
owing or operating a
bank account due to our status as refugees.

So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the
total sum for helping
us to move this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped out for
expenses both of us
may incure during this transaction and 75% will be for me and family to
invest in your country
as we have decided to leave South to reside permanently oversea. All I want
is for you to
furnish me with all your banking details and your personal phone and fax
numbers for easy
communication.You can contact my son Bude on the above contacts details .
NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Therefore, be kind to clarify the following for my family consideration:

1. Can your account accommodate this fund in your local bank without
government intervention
or do you have an account outside your country where you may consider safe
for this fund?.
2. What are taxation in your country like as I desire a low/free tax zone?.
3. What are the interest rates on long/short term fixed deposit in your
local banks?.
4. What other lucrative investments would you suggest as I intend banking,
real estate and
hotels if they are good business venture in your Country?.
5. Can you be able to make residential documents and purchase a house for me
and my family
to relocate and settle in your country?.

Best regards,
MRS. ROSE MUTHALABI.
(For the family).

Unless otherwise indicated or obvious from the the nature of this
transmittal, the information
contained in this e-mail message is privilege and confidential information
intended for the use
of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is
not the intended
recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the
recipient, you are hereby
notified that any dissemination, distribution or coping of this
communication is strictly
prohibited. If you have receive this communication in error or you are not
sure whether it is
privileged, please immediately notify me by mail and return or destroy the
original message.

THANK YOU.


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