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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: mangwana_harriet50@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 11:31:37 +0200
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP.

From Mrs. Harriet Mangwana
No: 347 Abercorn Street,
Matabele North Province,
Bulawayo-Zimbabwe.
Please Reply to E-mail: mangwana_harriet40@hotmail.com




INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP.


Dear Sir,

I am well confident of your capability of executing this transaction
for the mutual benefit of both families, believing that you will not
expose or betray the trust and confident I am about to repose to you.

I am contacting you with the greatest delight and personal respect. I
am Mrs. Harriet Mangwana, the wife of late Dr. (chief) Samuel Mangwana,
who was murdered last year of June by the forces loyal to president
Robert Mugabe due to their support in acquiring his land and property
during the crisis in Zimbabwe last year, which continued and led to the
lost of several lives of foreign (white) farmers. For a clearer picture of
my story please log on to
http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/may4_2002.html.

President Robert Mugabe has started destruction of houses that belongs
to people opposing the Brutal Government in power President Robert
Mugabe and there supporters. The demolition has left more than 9000,000.00(
Nine hundred thousand) Zimbabweans homeless and destitute affected more
than 2.4 million people there is massive violation of human right that
has been undertaken by Harare government as reported on cable network
news (CNN) and by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BCC).

I got your contact while I was doing a private research on the
Internet, for a reliable person for partnership investment overseas. Believing
you are sincere and trustworthy person and of transparent honesty and
capable of handing this transaction to the best of your knowledge in
assisting my son and I, in Claiming the sum of US$ 11,500.000.00. (Eleven
million, five hundred thousand united state Dollars) Into a foreign
account for safekeeping pending on arrival to your country for our
investment plan.

You may need to know how this fund originated. The sum was inherited
from my late husband who was assassinated by Robert Mugabe's aides in
view of acquiring his land and property. I got to know of this fund when
our family lawyer, approached me few months ago with some documents that
my late husband had filed with him in the file, I realized that my late
husband (blessed memory) has written a "will" which he specifically
pointed my attention and I quote.

My darling wife, I wish to draw your attention to the sum of
US$11,500.000.00 (Eleven million five hundred thousand united state dollars)
which I deposited with a security company in South Africa. All documents
concerning the fund is filed with our family lawyer and you can make lay
claim to the fund in case of my absence on earth only by death. I made
an agreement with the Security Company that my foreign partner will
stand as a beneficiary to lay claim of the money. The beneficiary will
come forward to make claim of the consignment.

Dr. (chief) Samuel Mangwana, my late husband advised me through my
lawyer that incase if he dies that I should look for a foreigner who will
stand as the beneficiary of the fund so that the fund will be transfer
to his or her account for partnership investment. From the above you can
understand that my future especially that of my son depends strongly on
this money. I will like you to assist us in transferring this money
into your account for investment.

You can contact my son Jonathan Mangwana with his e-mail address:
jo_mangwana@hotmail.com for more details or you can call him on
+27-83-510-3637, as he is residing in South Africa as an asylum seeker he is
arranging with some bankers in South Africa who will assist in this
transfer. For your assistance in this regard, it will interest you to know
that we will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your reward
for helping us actualize this matter. It is equally important to state
here that considering the nature of this matter, we will required that
it is handle most discreetly.

Kindly contact us using the above particulars upon receipt of this
latter for execution details and other necessary discussion. Your private
phone and fax number will be needed for easier communication thank you
in anticipation of your trusted and genuine assistance I remain,

Yours sincerely,
Harriet Mangwana. (Mrs.)

Please reply to mangwana_harriet40@hotmail.com and try as much as
possible to call my son Jonathan Mangwana on +27-83-510-3637for more
details.



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