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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?ROY=20ABEBE?= <royabebe302@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: royabebees44@yahoo.comau
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:25:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: With due respect trust and humility


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: royabebe302@yahoo.com.au

With due respect trust and humility, I write to you

irrespective of the fact you do not know me,but please

do consider this letter as a request from a brother

and

family in dire need of assistance. I am Mr Roy Abebe,

the ousted Zimbabwian farmer of Abebe farms in

Zimbabwe.


I got your contact courtesy of a business journal from

the Nigerian Information exchange in my earnest search

for a reliable and trustworthy individual or company

that can assist my family in this business.

During the war waged against the farmers in Zimbabwe

by the supporters and cohorts of President Robert

Mugabe, to claim all the white/blacks owned farmer in

our country, My farm was among the farm targeted by

the ZANU_PF armed

group, because he did not support the ideas and

policies. In the cause of the revolution in the

country, the ZANU_PF armed group attacked and invaded

my farm land, burning, destroying and eventual

killing of my staffs and two year old kid.


I managed to escaped the boundaries of Zimbabwe into

the


neighboring Nigeria with my two surviving sons because

our lives

where threatened and Zimbabwe was no longer safe for

us.

We escaped safely into Nigeria with my

lifetime savings and auction money realised from the

sale of my farm assets

totalling about US$5Million ( Five Million United

State Dollars) cash, important documents of property

tittle and other valuables which we concealed and

secured in two treasure boxes and transported to

Lagos,Nigeria through diplomatic means. The

consignment box treasure safely lodged and secured

into the vaults of a reputable security company and

brokerage

firm here in Lagos,Nigeria.In recognition of your

person and investment opportunities

that abound in your country.Since i came to Nigeria i

have tried investing

with little cash at hand but the people and business

terrain here are not

helping matters,i have been strapped of my cash in two

investments here.

I solicit for your assistance in moving my family?s

money into your care for safekeeping pending our

future arrival for investment. The family has resolved

to compensate you adequately by offering a brokerage

commission of 20% of the money.If you are unable to

assist please be kind to notify me so that we can look

for

suitable alternative.

Please accept my warm complements, as i earnestly

await

your response.


Respectfully,


Mr Roy Abebe.






- ROY ABEBE


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