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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: THANKS FROM MOYO <webercan@di-ve.com>
Reply-To: weber75karl@luxmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:59:28 +0200
Subject: THANKS FROM MOYO


ATTN SIR/Madam,

With due respect, trust and humility,I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family. I am MR.joseph moyo the son of Steve moyo of zimbabwe.During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were ordered to

surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My father who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer's co-operation did not support his idea and so the party members invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father and made away with a lot of items in my fater'farm.
After the death of my father,I and my mother and my sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the peppers that contain this money( $30Million) that my father deposited in Security Company in Europe as a valuable item. So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to move this money out of GERMANY
because we are asylum seekers in South Africa .
So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incure during this transaction and 70% will be for me and family to invest in your country.All I want is for you to furnish me with ur personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact our lawyer on above Email address : weber75karl@luxmail.com
NOTE: That this transaction. is 100% RISK FREE. and absolutely confidencial.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Barr(weber Karl)for

MR.joseph Moyo


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