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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: "walter ndlove" <walterndlove067@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:20:44 +0200
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP!!!

FROM:WALTER NDOLVE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
E-MAIL-walterndlove067@hotmail.com

DEAR Friend,

My name is WALTER NDLOVE the elder son of Mr. HENRY NDLOVE of Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg,
South Africa.

During the war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our
President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party
members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of
items in my father' s farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$30.5 Million (Thirty
Million,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars). After the death of my
father, I and my Mother decided to move to the Republic of South Africa
where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables.

So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist us to
move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to
offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out
for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and
70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your private telephone,city code
and fax numbers for easy communication. Note that this transaction is 100%
risk-free and absolutely confidential. please contact me immediately your
receive this mail for more details.
Thanks you for your co-operaction and understanding.

Regards,
WALTER NDLOVE
(For the family

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