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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: "rose mary" <rose_06_mary@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:20:40 +0200
Subject: Please assist me

From.Rose m Willams
 
 ATTN: CHAIRMAN/CEO/SIR/MADAM.
 
With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family.

I am Mrs.Rose Williams the wife of MR.KENNETH WILLIAMS (late) 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 farms 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 best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmers co-operation did not support his idea and so
the party members invaded my husbands farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husbands farm.

After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of Zimbabwe because of 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 in my house is US$22.5m 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 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 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 of south Africa and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and 65% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want is for you to furnish me your details and your personal phone and fax numbers and your email address for
easy communication and more information.
THANKS AND I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPOND

BEST REGARDS,

MRS Rose M Williams {FOR THE FAMILY}


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