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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!

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From: coalitionofmdc1@aim.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:44:43 -0400
Subject: Help this new change


Dear VICTIMNAME, Goodday,i am sorry for any enconviniences this letter may cause you in
trying to understand my purpose and why i have choosing to solicit for
your assistance .its true that i dont know you personally but my
previouse experience and the situation i found my self has thought me
to have
more faith in looking deyond my imidiated environment and being that i
have lost my confidence in human nature more especially people i have
laboured so much to fixed in strategic places who has choosen to bit
the
finger that feed them instead of appreciating my kindness,but now i
have choosing to follow gods direction of faith and for you to
understand
me please its important that you first put your self in my own shoes.

I am Mr Audu of the The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)of
ZIMBABWE the S P A to MorganTsvangirai,the c opposition leader . who
is currently facing more treason charges of plotting to kill President
Robert Mugabe the treason charge arises as a result of Tsvangirai's
meetings with a Canadian political consultant in which Robert Mugabe
allegedly claimed that Tsvangirai spoke of "eliminating"him Mugabe
ahead of
presidential polls, MorganTsvangirai If convicted risks the death
penalty. The new treason charges arose from mass anti-government
protests
Tsvangirai organised last year in which he is accused of urging
Zimbabweans to oust Mugabe.

The state accuses Tsvangirai of inciting supporters to overthrow the
government and engage in acts of public violence ,Pitabely during this
our prodemocratic campangne rally which we are being accused of public
violence a lot of our member were assassinated openly and secretely by
police and hudlums suspected to be the killer agents of the
government.ever since then or party have been subjected under heavy
attack by those
incumbent masterminded forces as a result of our continue oppositon
stand against the incumbent president Robert Mugabe and his porported
tenure elongation .

Today as i am talking to you the president with the support of his
corrupt ruling Zanu PF party officials and members in the pailiament
are
pressing for the manipulation of the arrangement to restrict
MorganTsvangirai from contesting the next general election there fore
negetting
chapter IV of the constitution, section 28, subsection (1),which states
that a person qualifies for election as president if he is "a citizen
by birth or by descent, has attained 40 years and is ordinarily
resident in Zimbabwe". its against this background that we have decided
to
remobilise with all our members nomatter what it will take both home
and
abroad in readyness to resist his constitutional amendment and for the
forthcoming general elections through our youth co-odinator in other to
enable us resist any eventuality as is expected,note that the national
chirman of my party who was a former Agricultural minister in my
country is awear of this development needless mentioning names
including the

part director of campaign mobilization and finance comitee.

However,upon the above introduction of my person and purpose i have
been directed to do all the international consultations associated to
getting every body defence technologies which we may need in the course
of
acheiving our objectives.having seen your contact in the search
directory thought it worthy to contact your person for possible
negociations

in this update and how its going to work out smoothly,as we articulate
this project we particularly search for men and women of proving
integrity and reliable due to the sensitive nature of this transaction
i
assure you that your intrest is fully guaranteed and the bases for your
co-opration negociable.

Meanwhile i am to negociate the purchase outside Zimbabwe since the
money for this has been maped out from part of our party reserve fund
with
a security company in europe totaling $21.5million us dollars by the
party ,being that i accompanied my boss MorganTsvangirai here in europe
where the deposit was made with the intention to utilize it by our
party
before he was arrested, its upon this development that our party
wants me to continue with every party maped out plan scince i have a
comprehensive details of every deposite made by my boss inrespect to
the
party.what you will do for me is just to stand as the party
beneficiary
contractor abroad to help secure the reserve first then we look for a
body defence company for the purchase and the party beleive that i am
the
only person who has the capacity and the sagacity to do the
international consultations it takes.you will only party me to utilize
the
confidence i am already enjoying in the party leadership by being
honest in my
future dealing and correspondence with you.as we go on i am going to
provide you with all the neccesary logistics support to enable you
function well in this project.

Do contact me via e mail denis_audu@yahoo.com. phone 0034-6506-77802.

Thanks for your cosideration,

Mr D. Audu.

For (M D C).
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