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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: "janeth samza" <janeth_samzafamily4@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:32:40 +0000
Subject: LOOKING FOR HELP

>From MRS Janeth Samza
139 NELSON MANDELA CRESENT,
IMPAMAL PACK, EAST GATE,
JOHANNSBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TELE 27 73 44 35 700
janethsamzafamily2@yahoo.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I
believe, would be of great interest to you. I got your contact from the
South AfricanChamber of Commerce when I was making inquiry for a reliable
and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and me in this
business transaction, that’s why I contacted you.
I am MRS janeth SAMZA the Wife of KING DENNIS SAMZA(II) of
Zimbabwe.During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the
support of ourPresident Robert Mugabe to claim all the white ownedfarms in
our country, all the white farmers wereordered by the President to surrender
their farms to his party members and his followers.

My husband who was one of the richest farmer in our country and also the
chairman of the farmer’sco-operation did not support his idea and so the
party members invaded My husband farms and burnt
everything in the farm, killed My husband and made away with a lot of items
in my husband farm.
After the death of my husband , my family and Idecided to move out of
Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the money that My husband
kept in his hidden safe in our house. The amount contained in thesafe is
US$15.2M (FIFTEEN MILLION- TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS} and we
decided to code the moneyand move to the Republic of South Africa where
wedeposited the money in a Security Company as a valuable item.

So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekershere in
South Africa and our financial rights are limit.
So, if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the
total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will
be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and
75% will be for me and family to invest in your country.
All I want is for you to furnish me with all your banking details and your
personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication.

You can contact My Son MIKE SAMZA (PRINCE) with this number and e-mail
address(janethsamzafamily2@yahoo.com) for more details regarding the
transaction, TEL: 27-734-435-700 this transaction is 100% risk free and
absolutely confidential. I’m expecting your urgent response.
Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
MRS. janeth SAMZA,

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