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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: "Mr.Clement Chuange" <chuangeccfd@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:48:34 +0000
Subject: Re: From Mr.Chuange.

From: Clement Chuange Matazi
Add: Bishop Court 206, Ridgeway
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tel: 27 82 260 2010

URGENT PLEASE.


Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Clement Chuange, a Zimbabwean citizen from Gwada town and son of
Elder Francis Chuange Matazi, a well-known farmer in Gwada Town in Zimbabwe.
I write on behalf of my family, to inquire if you are available and have the
facility to assist my family undertake some capital investments in your
country, by transferring the sum of (US$ 18.7 Million) Eighteen Million
Seven Hundred U.S. Dollars only into your account intended for
capitalization of business in your country.

Having seen your information in my private study through Network on line for
a reliable person who will assist us, we wish to contact you for immediate
assistance to move the said amount out of South Africa for business
investment in your country. You may have heard of the present land reform
policy in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the unprecedented “Land Use Act” of the
government of President Robert Mugabe in which his government has
arbitrarily reclaimed and acquired all farm lands owned by the white
(Foreign) farmers in the country. The ensuing struggles and strife have
brought about the killing and imprisonment of the thousands of these white
farm owners by the ruthless government forcers designated to enforce the new
order. As a result of my father’s firm and upright position on this matter,
a group of assailant’s suspected to be government loyalties attacked and
killed my father in cold blood in November last year. Seeing that the entire
“Chuange s” family was in serious threat of extinction, we immediately fled
Zimbabwe to South Africa, where we have sojourned ever then for asylum.

My father earlier before the intense killing, secretly moved proceeds of
(US$18.7 Million) from sales of the farmlands including those of his five
associates to South Africa, a neighboring sister country and had the same
deposited in a metal box with a private security company here in
Johannesburg. For obvious reasons, contents of the metal box were not
declared to the security company to avoid jeopardy and to keep eyes out of
it. Now the ownership of the depository has been changed to me by title,
following my father’s death and my mother and I have decided to use this
medium to solicit your assistance to move the fund out of South Africa for
business in your country, following also to your acceptance to help us.

We have in consensus agreed to offer you 20% of the whole fund for your
assistance, which is ($18.7 Million) Eighteen Million Seven Hundred U.S.
Dollars and would stand to have joint business with you if it pleases you.
It is equally important to state herein that considering the nature of this
matter, we will require that you handle it with utmost secrecy to avoid
prejudice even if you are not interested.

If this proposals interest you and you wish to help us, kindly contact me
using the above particulars either by telephone or through this email
address upon receipt of this letter for execution details and other
necessary discussion. Also include your personal details and your private
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication between us.
Thank you and God bless.

Yours sincerely,

MR. CLEMENT CHUANGE
(On behalf my family)

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