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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: "mrs_ amed121" <mrs_amed121@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_amed444@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:25:24 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY.

FROM; MRS.AMINA AMED
#126 DF MALLAN DRIVE
NORTHCLIFF
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA




ATTN: Sir/Madam,


I know how surprise you will feel in receiving this important proposal
through mail since we don't know each other before,it's because of the
confidentiality of this transaction.

With due respect,trust and humility,I sent this proposal to you, which I
believe would be of great interest to us in near future. I found your
contact while I was doing a privtae research on the internet for a reliable
and capable foreing partner that will assist me and my family. I am
MRS.AMINA AMED the wife of ALHAJI USMAN AMED of ZIMBABWE.

During the current war against farmers in ZIMBABWE and from the support of
our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farm in our
country,all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his
party members and his followers. My husband who was one of the successful
farmers in our country and tresurer of the farmer's co-operation did not
support his idea and because of that the party members invaded my husband's
farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with
a lot of items in my husband's farm.
After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of
ZIMBABWE because our lives were in danger with the money that my husband
kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe is
US$24M (TWENTY FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)and we decided to code
the money and move to the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA where we deposited the
money in a security company as a valuable item.


So we decided to make contact with an oversea firm whom will assist us to
move this money out of SOUTH AFRICA, because we are PRESENTLY REFUGEES
(Asylum seekers) here in SOUTH AFRICA. So if you consider this proposal, we
have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum for helping us to move this
money out to your NOMINATED account in your country and 70% will be for me
and my family to invest in your country and you will be a partner in busines
as we have littel or no knowladge about international business. We will like
you to furnish us with your phone number for easy communication.

Pls.Contact us and send your phone number my son Mohamed Amed Jnr will get
back to you since He knows everything about the transaction .


NOTE:This transaction is 100% risk free and ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.


Thanks and hope to read from you soon.


Best regards,


AMINA AMED (MRS).

(for the family).

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