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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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Fraud email example:

From: "david johnson" <davidjohnsonz15@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:03:00 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

SUITE 50 TONY DRIVE JHB,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-83- 525-79-67
CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN:C.E.O/PRESIDENT,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally. I am Mrs Hanna Johnson, the the Wife of Late Mr.Charles Johnson,
who was recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe.I got your contact
through network online hence decided to write you. Before the death of my
Husband , he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of
US$20Million(Twenty Million United States Dollars),in one of the private
security companies, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. This
money wasdeposited in a box as germ stones to
avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This amount was
meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicalsfor the farms and
establishment of a new farm in Swaziland. This land problem came when
Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe introduced a new Land Act reform
which wholly affected the rich white farmers

and some few black farmers.This resulted to thekilling and mob action by
Zimbabwean war veterans andsome lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of
peoplewere killed because of this land reformed Act forwhich my Husband was
one of the victims. It is against this background that, I and my family who
are currently staying in South Africa decided to transfer my Husband’s money
to a foreign ountry since the law of South Africa prohibits refugees open
any bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction througout
the teritorial zones of South Africa. As the wife, I am saddled
with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this
money could be
transferred into without the knowledge of my government who are bent on
taking everything . All i
seek for is an honest businessman, whom I can entrust my future and that of
my family , I must also let you know that this transaction is 100%risk free.
If you accept to assist me and my family all I want from you is for you to
make arrangements and come to Johannesburg – South Africa, so
that you can help me open a non-resident account in your name which will aid
us in transferring the money into any account you will nominate overseas.
This money I intend to use for investmentand growth in your country. I have
two options for you, firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of
the money for nominating your account for this transaction, Or you can go
into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money
in your country. Whichever the option you
want, feel free to notify me. I have also mapped out 5% of this money for
all kinds of expenses
we might incure in the process of this transaction. If you do not prefer a
partnership I am willing to give you 25% of the money while the remaining
70% will remain for me and my family.If you are realy capable and willing to
assist me please contact my son DAVID JOHNSON immediately with the above Tel
+27-83-525-7967 or this e-mail address which i have sent to you this
message for more davidjohnson1z@yahoo.com
information. Finally, please treat this matter as urgent as possible, i'm in
dire need to leave this country soonest. Thanks for your mutual
co-operation, I expect your soonest response. Kind
Regards,
Mrs.Hanna Johnson
(For the Family)

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