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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: "charles moyo" <charlesmoyo03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesmoyo0001@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:25:00 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

From: Mr.CHARLES MOYO and Family.

Tel :27 73 071 9528

Johannesburg,South Africa.

DIRECTORS/CEO.

REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Good day. This very confidential request should not come as a surprise to
you. But it is because of the nature of what is happening to me and my
family urged me to contact you. I had already sent to you this same letter
two weeks ago, but I am not sure if it did get to you since I have not heard
from you since then. Hence my resenting it to you again through mail, which
I understand is not the best way to contact you because of the nature of my
request and the urgent attention it requires.
My name is MR.CHARLES MOYO, the second son of MR. THABO MOYO, of
Beitbridge, Zimbabwe. At the height of the present political crises in our
country, in which the white farmers in our country are being slained and
ripped off their belongings by the supporters of our president, Mr. Robert
G. Mugabe, in their efforts to reclaim all the white owned farms in our
country. My father and my elder brother were brutally slained to a painful
death in their struggle to protect some white farmers who ran to take refuge
in our farm. My father, during his life on earth was a prominent indigenous
farmer and also trades on Diamond and Gold from some countries in Africa. He
publicly opposes the crude policies and crime against humanity on the white
farmers by Mr. Robert Mugabe and his followers.
As a result of which the president followers invaded my fathers farm, burnt
down everything and brutally slained him and my elder brother due to their
role in trying to protect these white farmers on the 13th day of February,
2002. And using media law restriction to protect their wicked acts. That not
being enough, the president and his followers after winning the last
Undemocratic Elections decided to confiscate assets of our black indigenes
who are opposing his policies and who support the white farmers, along with
the assets of these white farmers themselves, which are being presently
confiscated. I therefore decided to move my mother and younger sister to the
Republic of South Africa for safety of our lives, where we presently seeked
for political asylum, temporarily.
During my father’s life on earth, he had WILLED the sum of Fifteen million
Six hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$15,600.000.00) to be shared
between me and my elder brother before he met his untimely death on that
faithful day. This he had deposited with a finance and security company in
the Republic of South Africa from where he operates most of his Gold and
Diamond trades to our country. In view of this and as the only surviving son
of my father, and with the present clamp down, killing and confiscation of
assets of supporters of the white farmers presently in our country, I
therefore humbly wish to notify you of my intention to use your name and
address as my Trustee in lifting this money out of Africa finally, to the
Europe office of the finance company and also seek for your honest and
trustworthy assistance to help me clear and accommodate this fund when it
gets over there, before it is dictated out and confiscated by the president
Mugabe’s regime.
My mother and myself have agreed to make the provisions;
1.That 20% of the total money will be given to you for your assistance in
clearing and accommodating this fund.
2.That 10% of the total money will be set aside for taxation and any other
expenses that might be incurred in the course of this transaction, while the
remaining 70% will be for me and my family for our future investment
purposes which will depend on your assistance.
Please I hope you will grant and view this very request with favour and much
understanding of our situation now, and will be a very honest and reliable
person to deal with. And also bearing in mind the confidential nature of my
request to yourself to protect my family and yourself rendering the help.

Thanking you in anticipation of your urgent response as soon as you read
this very request.

Best regards,

Mr CHARLES MOYO and family.

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