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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: "Mr.Ahmed Bello Chiluba." <ahmedbello2chiluba@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ahmedbello_2chiluba@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:39:03 +0530
Subject: Best regards,

Attn: Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Ahmed Bello Chiluba, the eldest son of Mr. Moyo Zawa
Chiluba
of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your
contact
address. I got your email address from Chamber of Commerce and industry
and
other information sources.

During the current war and carnage against the farmers in Zimbabwe from
the
supporters of our President. Robert Mugabe to claim all the white and
opposition -owned farms to his party members and his followers, he
ordered
all the white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members
and
his followers.

My father was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did
not
support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my father’s farm
and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a
lot of
items in my fathers farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with Al Khalifa & Reshid
Security
Company in Abu-Dhabi, (UAE) the sum of US$11 Million (Eleven Million
United
States Dollars).
After the death of my father and consequent intimidations and
persecutions
from the Government of Zimbabwe, my late father deposited the money in
the
Al Khalifa & Reshid Security Comapny as valuables in a strong metal
box.
We decided to secretly go into exile in {Madrid-Spanish} where my
father
brough a residence home where my mother my sister and I are currently
living
now as refugees.

So I decided to contact overseas persons or companies that will assist
me to
claim and move this money out of (UAE) country where it will be
invested
because as political asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any
bank
account within (UAE). We have agreed to offer 15% of the total sum for
your
assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred
in
the course of this transaction and 80% will be for me and my family to
Invest in your country (of which I would like your service as an
investment
adviser).

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone
and
Fax numbers for confidential communication. You can contact me on the
above
email address; ahmedbello_2chiluba@hotmail.com for more clarification.
Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.
Anticipating your speedy response.

Best regards,

Mr.Ahmed Bello Chiluba.



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