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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: "susan tsvangirai" <mrs.susan003tsvangirai@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: susan01tsvangirai@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:12:25 +0000
Subject: READ IT: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL/ MRS.SUSAN TSVANGIRAI

FROM: MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI
18 Sunheight Randburg East
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel: +27 73 707 2872

Dear Sir/Madam,

This may appear as a surprise to you but, bear it in mind that I have a good
and beneficial intention for you.

I am MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI from Zimbabwe, the wife of MR. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI
of Zimbabwe. I got your address from the South Africa Information Exchange
(SAIE) and decided to contact you and solicit for your assistance in the
transfer of a huge sum of fund into your foreign bank account.

The total sum of this fund is £17 Million (Seventeen Million Pounds). My
husband is the leader for "Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe-MDC”.
Also the leader of opposition party against President Robert Mugabe's
hostile ideas and killing of white farm owners without compensation and
mercy.

View this websites for more details:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

Because of my husband strong opposing President Robert G. Mugabe's
unfavorable government system, the president secretly sponsored war veterans
and some irritated party members to accuse him for HIGH TREASON and
ASSASINATING ATTEMPT in killing the President. [Of which he was charges and
tried for life sentence].

Before this whole crisis, my husband anticipated some dangers in the future
and deposited this sum of £17 Million (SEVENTEEN MILLION POUNDS) with a
private Security Company in South Africa. My husband deposited the funds in
the name of our only son (JOHN MORGAN TSVANGIRAI JR) who is presently
residing in South Africa as a political asylum seeker. Presently, this sum
of £17 Million is lodged safe ad secured with the Security Company in South
Africa.

Hereunto, I request for your assistant and support to transfer this fund out
of South Africa into your oversea bank account. “I offer you 30% of the
total fund as a reward once it arrives into your bank account while, me and
my family shall keep 60% and 5% shall be set aside for any charity
organization of our choice.”

Note: Every step to transfer this fund into your bank account safely will be
secure and successfully because, all PROOF DOCUMENT from the Security
Company where my husband deposited the fund and "TESTAMENT WILL" of the fund
to my son is available. Therefore, the fund can be transferred hitch free.

Kindly contact me if my proposal is accepted, then I will provide you with
more details to the fund transaction.

Best regards,

MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI

NOTE: I strongly emphasis that this proposal must be kept confidential
between you and I for safety reasons. As soon as the fund arrives into your
bank account safely, my son and I would arrange to meet you physically for
further discussion.

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