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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: "M TA" <marytonyalpha02@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:55:21 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS.MARY/TONY ALPHA.

From: Mrs. Mary &Tony Alpha

Johannesburg South Africa

Tel: + 27 83 5485585

Dear Wouters.    

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal which I believe, would be of great interest to you and for your consideration. I am MRS. MARY ALPHA, the wife together with my only son MR. TONY ALPHA family to late MENTU ALPHA who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. I am probably of the view that you are aware of the present situation in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the Land/Farm reform Act crisis in Zimbabwe. Before the death of my husband on the 29th of April 2001, he was a Prosperous Tobacco farmer and the Former President of the Commercial Farmers Union and one of the Major Sponsor of the Opposition Party – Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe.

I am writing you together with my family presently from South Africa where we have taken refugee. I got your contact through South Africa Online services and decided to write you for your assistance. I write to solicit for your special assistance to invest our Family fund in your country through your assistance in view of the existing peace in your country. Before the death of my Husband and the consistent threats to his life because of his outstanding and vocal position against the government of President Robert Mugabe, he anticipated some dangers so he moved out the sum of US$18.5Million, (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest neighboring country and deposited it in a security and Trust company. Since the death of my husband there have been threat to my life, but I succeeded to work for our escape to South Africa as a political asylum seeker since that was the only option left for my family.  In view of this development, our position in South Africa do not permit us to normalize this fund for any meaningful business transaction in South Africa since we do not have South African Identity Cards. That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your Nominated account so that you will assist me to invest it in your country in any meaningful business venture.  Hence, if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we have agreed to go into partnership with you and your family the moment this fund is moved or transferred out of South Africa or in the alternative,

we offer you 25% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70% will be for our family investment in your country, through your assistance.

I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/money or money made after years of our family investment in farming but we will appreciate it if you will maintain a high level of confidentiality because I and my family do not want to be traced by the agents of the government where we are staying presently. If you are interested in assisting us, kindly contact My son MR. TONY with above Telephone Numbers or Email address so that we can discuss further on the process to facilitate the movement of this fund. I need your urgent and confidential response.

PLEASE READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW.

www1.zimbabwesituation.com

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

Best Regards,

MRS. MARY ALPHA.

[For the family.]



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