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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: rosemarygu3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:24:38 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MAY=20THE=20LORD=20BE=20WITH=20YOU=2E?=

My Dearest One in Christ,


I am ROSEMARY GUEI a widow from Zimbabwe.I must sincerely and
honestly let you know that i and my only kid is fast depreciating here
in Ghana where we where granted asylum due to the fracas that erupted
my

country.If not for God who is our refuge ,we would have been dead by
now.My only husband was killed in the fracas because he was against the
land
dispute between the white farmers and the Govt,for this reason,the
loyalties
of wicked president Robert Mugabe planned and killed him.
Since the death of my husband we have been finding situatin hard,even
to
eat good food is a problem,not to talk to clothing,tears on our
faces crying for God's intervention through mankind and likeness.My
greatest

happiness is that my late husband secrectly deposited $12.5M as a cargo

with
a cargo company unknown to our Govt.The deposition was made
secrectly for safety of the funds in the cargo,it was declared as
family
treasure containing valuables for security reason.
I DESPERATELY NEED YOU TO HURRY TO MY AID DUE TO LAW RESTRICTION TO RUN

BUSINESS IN ANOTHER MANS COUNTRY.
You are urgently require to help me run this business to enable easy
and
smoth claims without any problem.Kindly forward me your full
name,contact address and your mobile phone number to enable me forward
them to the cargo company for immediate release of the cargo in your
favour.
I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% WHILE I WILL COLLECT %80 AND THE
REMAINING
%5 WILL BE FOR EXPENSES IN THIS TRANSACTION.
Thanks and i hope i can count on your trust and kindly keep this
transactiuon
secrecy for our safety here because this wicked Govt of my
country is seriously looking for us to kill.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REPLY ME FROM:rosemary_guei2@yahoo.fr
Thanks.
ROSEMARY GUEI.



please reply to:rosemary_guei2@yahoo.com



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