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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: "susan tsvangirai" <mrs.tsvangiraisusan03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: susan01tsvangirai@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:14:18 +0000
Subject: READ IT: CONFIDENTIAL LETTER OF PROPOSAL- MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI

FROM: MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI
Tel: +27 73 707 2872


Dear Sir,

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

I am MRS. Susan Tsvangira from Zimbabwe, the wife of MR. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI.
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.

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/talking_point/forum/727016.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 strongly opposed President Robert G. Mugabe's
unfavorable government systems, 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
trail for life sentence].

During those period of crisis in the country, my husband anticipated some
dangers in the future and deposited a sum of £17 Million (SEVENTEEN MILLION
POUNDS) into a private Security Company in South Africa.He deposited the
funds in the name of our son (JOHN MORGAN TSVANGIRAI JR) who is presently
residing in South Africa as a political asylum seeker. Presently, this sum
of fund is lodged safe ad secured with the Security Company in South
Africa.On the note that I have the original certificate documents and
identification numbers of the fund, I decided to transfer the funds out of
South Africa to an oversea bank account.

Hereunto, I request for your assistant to receive the funds into your bank
account. CONTRACT , “I offer you 30% of the total fund as a reward
immediately it arrives into your bank account, while 70 % shall be set aside
for me.

NOTE: ORIGINAL DEPOSITORY DOCUMENT,TESTAMENT "WILL" AND CERTIFICATE from
the Security Company where my husband deposited the fund will stand as a
prove of the funds. I will make them available once we agreed to further the
transaction. I believe that it will take the bank approximately 14 bank days
to process and approve the transfer.

Kindly contact me if my proposal is accepted, so that we can make further
discussion.

Regard,

MRS. SUSAN TSVANGIRAI

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