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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: "grace rossman" <rossman7za@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:24:26 +0000
Subject: MY CONFIDENT

FROM GRACE ROSSMAN
85 MONUMENT ROAD
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-83 486 2761
ATTN: DIRECTOR/C.E.O
With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I
believe, would be of great interest to
you. 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 MRS.GRACE ROSSMAN the wife of MR.KENNETH ROSSMAN (late) 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. My husband who was one of the best farmers
in our country and treasury of the farmer’s co-operation did not support his
idea and so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and burnt
everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of
items in my husband’s farm.
After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of
Zimbabwe because of our lives were in danger with the money that my husband
kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe in my
house is US$9.5m(Nine million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) and
we decided to code the money and move to the Republic of South Africa where
we deposited the money in a Security Company as a valuable item. So I
decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to move
this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in South
Africa.
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 of south Africa and 5% will
be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and
75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want is
for you to furnish me your details and your personal phone and fax numbers
and your email address for easy communication and more information. You can
contact my son VINCENT ROSSMAN (Mr.) on the above telephone ,fax number or
e-mail address. NOTE: hat this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.
Thanks and God bless you.
Best Regard
GRACE ROSSMAN (MRS)
(For The Family

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