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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: "Peter Mbathi" <mail4mbathi02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mail4peter@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:03:33 -0900
Subject: New Mail..(9h, Febuary 2006)

PETER MBATHI
The Branch Manager
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE(The Jewel Bank)
CHITUNGWIZA MAIN BRANCH
60 JENJE ROAD
P.O. BOX SK60
SEKE,ZIMBABWE.
Email: mail4peter@tiscali.it



Sir/Madam,

I am Peter Mbathi The Branch Manager, Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe and i
have for you a viable business proposition profitable to both of us.

On June 6, 2002,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Zimbabwean
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Paul Farrell made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposited of a huge sum of($18.5millionusd) funds for twelve
calendar months,in my branch.

Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers,the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy that
Mr.Paul Farrell died from an automobile accident.

On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL,and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Paul Farrell
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of money has carefully been
fixed in my bank for safekeeping.

No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to Zimbabwean Law,at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a national of thesame
country to stand in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in
my bank.

The money will be moved out for us to share in a ratio we will both agree
on.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will
help you understand the transaction.

Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us and I shall also require your assistance to invest my share in real
estate within your country.

Awaiting your prompt reply via email.
Reply to: mail4peter@tiscali.it

Regards.

Peter Mbathi.



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