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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: "elizabeth moyo" <elizabethmoyoza1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabethmoyo11@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:34:03 +0200
Subject: FROM:MRS.ELIZBETH MOYO.

FROM:MRS.ELIZBETH MOYO.
TEL: 27-73-260-7888

Dear Sir,

I know you will be surprised to read this letter since you do not know me in person but please consider this as a request from a family in dare need of help. I am Mrs. Elizbeth Moyo, the wife of late Brigadier A.Moyo from Angola. I am writing to you from government Reserved Area (GRA) South Africa.

I got your contact through a secured server online. On behalf of my late husband and my two children Jack and constance, I decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$18.5 million (Eighteen million, five hundred thousand US dollars) inherited from my late husband into your company or private bank account. Before the death of my husband, he was a Brigadier in-charge of Arms and ammunition procurement for the Angolan Army. In his will, he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$18.5 million, which he had deposited in a safe box of a private Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa. In fact, he said and I quote "My beloved wife I wish to draw your attention to the sum of US$18.5 million I deposited as

a family valuables with a security and finance company in Johannesburg, South Africa. I did this in case of my absence due to death so that you use it to take care or our family.You should solicit for assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose.

I deposited the box in your name and you alone can claim it. These are the documents, take good care of our son and daughter. From this word of my late husband, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depend on this fund as such I will be grateful if you can assist us. Now what I want you to do for us as an international partner is to help us transfer this fund into your account{s}. contact me through the above  telephone number for more details and be kind to provide us with your telephone, mobile and fax numbers for easy contact.
We have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% for the expenses that might be incurred in the course of the transfer and the remaining 70% for my family investment abroad which you will also assist us to materialize.

We will commence as soon as you give us the assurance and confidence that this money will be safe when transferred to your account and please treat this matter with urgency.

Thanks and God bless.
Regards,
Elizbeth Moyo(MRS)


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