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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "peter DR.PETER" <info.metbank.ze@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: metbank@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:34:09 +0000
Subject: REQUST FOR URGENT JOINT PARTNERSHIP.

Metropolitan Bank Zimbabwe Limited
7th Floor Metropolitan House
3 Central Avenue Harare, ZIMBABWE
metbank@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN:CAHIMAN/CEO

Dear Sir,

RE: REQUST FOR URGENT JOINT PARTNERSHIP.

How are you today, I know that this mail may come to you as
a surprise regarding to this business am about introducing
to you. Please if you would not want to partake in this
deal, my plead is to keep this to yourself. Firstly, I must
to introduce my self properly to you, am DR.PETER
CHURUBIRI,Director AGM FINACE, Metropolitan Bank Zimbabwe
Limited.
RE: PREPOSITION:
After the last general elections in my country where the
incumbent PRESIDENT MR.ROBERT MUGABE won the presidential
election, the government has adopted a very aggressive land
reforms programmed. This program is solely aimed at taking
the land owned by white African farmers for redistribution
to black Africans. This program has attracted worldwide
condemnation from world leaders including British Prime
Minister, Mr. Tony Blair; this has forced several white
farmers to flee the country for fear of victimization and
physical abuse.
MR. EDWARD COLEMAN, A farm owner The Director,NPK FARMS
LIMETED, is one of our customer, He deposited the sum of
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ONLY, (USD $ 30M) in his personal
account With Metropolitan Bank Zimbabwe Limited, he died in
an attacked by looters of black protesters and in the
process burnt down his farm, whole building and document's
where burnt.

Fortunately, they did not get access to the huge funds kept
in the bank His Company?s account was closed by his black
wife. Unknown to her, she knows nothing about his personal
account and the money has been in the Bank expecting to be
claim by his relatives. MR EDWARD COLEMAN is not from
ZIMBABWE by birth, he nationalized in ZIMBABWE in the year
1972.

My purpose of contacting you is to seek for your assistance
to transfer this money back to Europe/AMERICA for
investment. All vital documents regarding to the DEPOSIT of
this money are here in my position, which will be use to
normalize and have you stand as the REPRESENTATIVE for the
money to be transfer to your account. Subsequent to this,
you will have 30% of the total sum for your kind
assistance. 70% for me for my investment in your country as
the initiator.

Furthermore, be full assured that this transaction is 100%
risk free, Have no fear in you as every vital Documents to
back up your claim has been perfectly worked out.
Finally, if you are willing to assist me, respond
immediately as the bank is about closing his Account,
writing off the fund as bad debt.
Expecting your immediate response.

Best Regards,

DR.PETER CHURUBIRI

Director.AGM FINACE Metropolitan Bank Zimbabwe Limited
Note bellow:
Please, send your reply to this alternative email
address:metbank@yahoo.co.uk


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