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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "rose moyo" <rose_m2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsmoyo23@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:15:47 +0200
Subject: FROM:MRS.ROSE MOYO.

FROM:MRS.ROSE MOYO.



Good Day
I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE

this may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a matter of
urgentcy,I am desparately looking for a foriegn partner whom i can trust to
handle some investment or fund movement.I am Mrs.Rose Moyo,wife of late
Mr.Frank Moyo,who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irrate
blackpeople.I am writing from South Africa.I got your address from the
internet through the consultancy directory during my search for a reliable
and honest person to transact this business
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 including
my husband(Frank Moyo).

But before the death of my husband,he anticipated some dangers and so he
deposited the sum of US$15.4m(Fifteen million four hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)in the name of our only son Martin Moyo,with the help of
reputable security company in south Africa with the intention of using it to
open fertilizer manufacturing company among other companies in our
neighbouring country(Swaziland)after his university education. And 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,Martin Moyo,but we managed to escape to a
neighbouring country,South Africa as a political asylum seeker(refugee).But
our position in South Africa does not permit us to open an account or run
any huge financial business.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account so
that you will assist him to invest it in your country.Hence,if you agree to
assist us,we will offer you 20% of the money for your assistance,80% will be
for our family investment in your country through your assistance.I need
your urgent and confidential response.Please can contact my son Martin moyo
+27 839 422 940

Best regards,

Mrs.ROSE MOYO.
(For The Family).

Upon your immediate response,I will immediately arrange and send to you all
the informations that will empower your good self in finalizing the
transaction with the security company here in south Africa I will also send
to you the agreement that will protect both interest.And also further
information about yourself is necessary for I can not play on this.

Waiting for your prompt and positive response.Please read about problems in
Zimbabwe from the link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

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