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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: "Fred Kironde" <fredkironde@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:13:40 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

MR.FRED KIRONDE.
20 collet drive Avenue.
JBH. South Africa

EMAIL ADDRESS : fredkironde@msn.com



Attn:Dir/ Ceo
PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as request from a family dare in need for your assistance. Firstly, I
must introduce myself; I am MR FRED KIRONDE.from ZIMBABWE. I am the first
and only son of MR JAMES KIRONDE.

I am presently residing in South Africa, with my mother as Asylum seekers. I
got your contact from South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E) in
Johannesburg and on behalf of my mother who is a widow Mrs. ANGELA KIRONDE.
I decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$21.5M
(Twenty One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in your
personal or company account. Before my father‘s death he was among the few
black Zimbabwean rich farmers and he was poisoned by the agent of the ruling
government of President Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy
for the Zimbabwe opposition party controlled by the white minority. Before
his death he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this money to a
security and finance company. This money was deposited in a box as a
gemstone to avoid much demurrage from the security company. This money was
earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and
establishes new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

In his will he specially drew my attention to this sum US$21.5M(Twenty One
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that he deposited in a
safe box of private security and finance company here in Johannesburg, South
Africa.


IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IH HIS WILL AND QUOTE:
“My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to this money which I
deposited in your mane in a box with a security and finance company in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my absence on earth caused by death,
you should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer
this money out of South Africa for investment purpose”.

>From the above, you will understand that the lives of my family and I depend
on this money as much. I will be very grateful if you can assist us. We are
now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and financial laws of South
Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain right to such huge amount of
money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South Africa, hence I
am asking you to assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa for
investment purposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer your 25% of
the total fund. While 5% will be set aside for local and international
expenses and 70% will be kept by my family and me.
Finally, modalities of how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you
once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves

Looking forward to your reply and please treat as very urgent

Best Regards


MR FRED KIRONDE.
(For the Family)


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