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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: shawfree_n1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 21:11:29 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

FROM: MR. HENSHAW FREEMAN
121 NELSON MANDELA AVENUE,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
PHONE: +27 73 2400232
FAX: +27 11 507 6790
REPLY TO: shawfreeme@katamail.com

ATTENTION: The President / Director,

RE: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

How are you today? I know you may be surprised to receive this letter. But since you don't know me in person for the purpose of introduction, I am MR.HENSHAW FREEMAN, the son of late MR. DAMBA K. FREEMAN, I got your contact through the South African Business Manual in my search for a trusted partner to do business with and I assure you that nobody knows about this transaction. Before the death of my father,he took me to Johannesburg City to deposit the sum of US$12.5 Million (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a private Security /Finance Company, when He foresees the looming danger in Zimbabwe.

This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and also for the establishment of a new farm in Swaziland. My late father was one of the best farmers in our country. The land disputes started when our President MR. ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new Land Act reform which wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers, for the purpose of acquiring all the white-owned farms to his party members and followers. He ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and followers, this resulted to many killings by Zimbabwe war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, my father was one of his victims, because he was totally against PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ideas. It is on this background that I am currently staying in South Africa as refugee, has decided to transfer my father’s inherited money to a foreign country,since the laws of South Africa prohibits refugees have a bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction thro
ughout the territorial zones of South Africa.

Please, I need your assistance to transfer this fund to your trusted bank account. For your assistance, I have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum, while 5% is mapped out to re-imburse every expenses that would be incurred in the cause of actualizing this transaction and 70% will be for my family business investments in your country.

*NOTE: This transaction is 100% risk-free, as I have made every necessary arrangements for a successful deal.The ONLY thing I solicit from you is total cooperation, complete trust and assurance that my share will be safe when transferred to your bank account. Do, keep this business proposal strictly confidential for security reasons. If you are interested to assist me.

Call or send me reply via my above phone number & email address or fax. Also include your private phone and fax numbers. I will reply you very urgently.

Awaiting your urgent reply, God Bless.
Sincerely Yours,
MR. HENSHAW FREEMAN
(E-mail: shawfreeme@katamail.com)


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