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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: "Mrs. Adella Chiminya." <adellachimin@handbag.com>
Reply-To: adellachim2005@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 13:12:12 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Partner,

We are a family that need help from you, we are from Zimbabwe the south of Africa and we are farmers but we are having a very big problems with the President Mr., Robert Mugabe because my husband said that what he is doing to the white farmers is bad by sizing there farmlands and there personal belonging and also sending his mobs and aids to destroy there property.

My husband was killed by his aids and they confisticated all our property so me and my two children had to ran to Chad a small country were we did not know anybody for safety were we are now seeking asylum, but the help we need from you is to help us claim the sum of eleven million five hundred dollars (11,500,000.00 dollars) that my husband left or deposited in a finance house before his untimely death.

We cannot go and make the claim and if we try the President have people all over that will know and they will seize the funds, so I Mrs. Adella Chiminya is writing to you in person after I saw your banking experience and as a big brother nation to help us and claim this fund you can stand as a partner to my late husband and send to the finance house an application for claim or retransfer of the funds to your account and you will have 30% of the total amount and if you like invest our share in your country but it's very important you help us to come over to your great country.

Please forward all response to my email:(adellachim2005@netscape.net ).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0%2C2763%2C181149%2C00.html
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:26047978&refid=ink
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:26047978&refid=ink

Thank you and God bless us all.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Adella Chiminya.

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