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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: onary@webmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:42:46 +0200
Subject: JENNIFFER 01/19/2006

FROM: MRS JENNIFER CHUGANZANI MAYO.


HUMBLY SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE

ATTN: Friend,

My name is as above stated, the wife of Mr. Michael Chuganzani Mayo from the republic of Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where i got your contact address. I got your contact from the South Africa Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg. During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe
from the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe, in his effort to chase all the white farmers out of the country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers.My husband, was one of the best and successful farmers in our country and formerly the Finance Minister of Robert Mugabe administration, but he did not support the idea of dispossessing the white farmers of their and. Because of this, his farm was invaded and burnt by government supporters. In the course of this shock, my husband died, and the invaders made away
with a lot of items from my husband's farm.And our family house was utterly destroyed. My husband died out of heart attack. He drew my attention to the sum of US$15.5 MILLION, Which he
deposited with a security company in South Africa during his tenure as the Finance Minister of Zimbabwe.
My son and I decided to move out of Zimbabwe for our own security, because our lives were in danger. We decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where my husband deposited this money. Till date, the security company is not aware of the content of the consignment because my husband used his diplomatic immunity as at that time to deposit the consignment as important personal valuables.

I decided to have contact with overseas person/firm who will assist me to move the money out of South Africa. This becomes necessary because as political asylum seekers, we are not allowed to own or operate a bank account. I want you to immediately confirm your interest in the project contact my son Masinga CHUGANZANI Mayo on + 27-83-319-6330 or his email masinga_rba_f_i_a_n_c_e@accountant.com As soon as we get your response, we will give you more details on how we can proceed. Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated cooperation. Urgent response waited.

Best regards,

MRS JENNIFER CHUGANZANI MAYO.

N/B.You can as well visit the below sites to read a bit about what happened in my country.it is just for you tounderstand the suffer we have been in.

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

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