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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: "monica gezi" <mrs_monica1940@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:53:59 +0000
Subject: urgent family/business assistance


FROM:Mrs Monica Gezi
ADD:2-3 Botha Rd,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.


Attn: ceo/director

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial, as a matter of
urgency, I am desparately looking for a foriegn partner whom I can trust to
handle some investment or fund movement. I am MRS. MONICA GEZI MARTINS wife
of late MR.MENTU GEZI MARTINS, who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans
and sponsored assasins of the tyrant Robert Mugabe.

I got your address from the consultancy directory during my search for a
reliable and honest person to transact this busines with. I write to solicit
for your special assistance to a family shattered by a tyrannical government
led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party- president Robert Mugabe.

Because of land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly
sponsored the war veterans and some irrate party members to disposess the
land being occupied by white farmers. This action has led to the killing of
some members of opposition party...The MDC including my husband(MENTU GEZI),
who did do not support this ill-fated action.

But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so he
deposited the sum of US$15.4m (Fifteen million four hundered Thousand United
States Dollars)in the name of our only son 'LOUIS' at a reputable security
company in South Africa with the intention of using to open fertilizer
manufacturing company among other companies in our neighbouring country
(Swaziland )after his university education.

On the 29th of July, 2001, the war veterans and some supporters of
(ZANU-PF)ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him(my husband) to
death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, Louis Gezi, but
he managed to escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as a political
asylum seeker (refugee).

I and my two daughters are right now in the Republic of South Africa as
Assylum refugees because of the social political and economic crises in my
country (Zimbabwe) which detoriates everyday by day especially AFTER THE
VISIT OF THE US PRSIDENT G.W.BUSH TO AFRICA AND CONDEMED THE MUGABE'S
REGIME. Also, there is massive arrest and five years detainsion of all the
protestants and the MDC supporters as ordered by President Robert Mugabe.

Hence,if you agree to assist us, we will offer you 20% of the money for your
assistance, 10% will be for the possible expenses incurred in the process of
this transaction, while 70% will be for our family investment(s) in your
country through your assistance.

For more information on this,please contact my son louis through the above
email address:louis_gezi_1@yahoo.com


I need your urgent and confidential response.

Best regards,
MONICA GEZI MARTINS(MRS.) FOR THE FAMILY.


Note: On your response and interest, you shall be introduced to the
international business law firm based here in Johannesburg South Africa and
a top South African Reserve Bank Director SARB who are assisting my family
in this transaction for any query/demand for due clearifications.


Waiting for your prompt and positive response.

Thanks.

Mrs Monica.

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