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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: "private mail" <privatemail001@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:39:05 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

From :Mrs.Mabel Marzini
No 20 Grace lane sunninghill
Sandton,South Africa
Email :marbelmarzini@zwallet.com




ATTN:DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
DEAR SIR/MADAM

REQUEST FOR URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

(NB)Please kindly contact my son :Mr Charles Marzini for more explanation on
this line:+27 83 711 8783

I wish to introduce my good self I am Mrs Mabel Marzini . The wife of late
Joseph Marzini of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you where I got your
contact through network online.
I was convinced to solicit for your assistance after much prayers. I am
interested in doing business with you, particularly, in joint venture in
your country on lucrative business. During the current war against the
farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our President ROBERT MUGABE to
claim all the white and black farms in our country, so he ordered all the
white and black farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members
and his followers, and my husband was one of the succesful farmers in our
country, because he did not support the his idea, his supporters invaded my
husbands's farm and burnt everything in the farm and killed my husband and
confiscated all his investment.

Here iss Some vital documented pictures of this incident, you can view at
www.freeroybennett.com/storyinpictures.html

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html


After the death of my dear husband, I decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because my life and my children's is in danger, with the little money my
husband kept in his hidden safe in our house I decided to leave for South
Africa with my children because i ha

d knowledge of a particular deposit which my husband made in His name into a
private security and finance company, since he does not have any account
with any bank in Zimbabwe due to the problem in our country and his
illiteracy but was successful in fa

rm production. The amount contained in the metal box/container which he
deposited with the private security company is worth US$15.5(Fifteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and I have decided to move with
the money with your assistan

ce as and I am currently forced to seek a political asylum a refugee.

I was advised by a banker who had agreed to help in the depositing and
transferring of this fund to seek for a reliable foreign partner who is
going to assist me in the opening of a non-resident account here which he
advised is the best possible way of t

ransferring this fund because of my political status .He said it will be
more convenient pending when I get reliable some body that will assist
receive the fund in his foreign safe account and at the same time give me
light of investment based on busines

s idea/knowledge you may have.

However, my aim of contacting you is to help me look for a profitable
investment overseas. As a result of my present status and as a refugee I
will not be able to conclude this transaction alone. If you are interested
in helping me out, try and contact me with above e-mail address or phone
number indicating your interest to help me. I will then furnish you with
more details . I have mutually agreed to compensate you with 20% which is
your share for assistance, and 5% for any expenses that may incure in the
course of the transaction. Then the remaining 75% will be for me and my
family, which you will help us to invest in your country. Be informed that
this transaction need utmost trust and confidentiality and will only take
about 2-3 working days to be concluded, note also that this transaction
attract no risk on you side hence all the modalities is safe, smooth
successful transaction has been arranged by me and the banker who will
asisssist us in this business.

(NB)PLEASE WHILE REPLYING THIS MAIL REPLY THROUGH THIS MAILING ADDRESS:
(marbelmarzini@zwallet.com)


I also look forward to establish a good relationship with you.

Best regards.
Mrs.Mabel Marzini
Mr.Charles Marzini
(Son)
+27-83-711-8783
(For the entire family )

This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected
by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient please notify
the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the
message from all locations onyour computer. You should not copy this emailor
use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do
so may be unlawful. Email is subject to possible data corruption, either
accidentally or deliberately. You should not rely upon advice contained in
an email without obtaining a lternative confirmation of the contents


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