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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: william ncube <williamncube_3@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:58:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attn ; Gerard Molenaar


Mr. William Ncube
Tel: +27 781297705



It is my humble pleasure to write this letter irrespective of the fact that you do not know me personally. However, I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and trustworthy realtor that can handle a confidential transaction of this nature in respect to my investment plans in a lucrative business. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. Firstly, I must introduce myself, am Mr. William Ncube , the only son of Mr.Welshan Ncube from Republic of Zimbabwe. My late father was formally the Assistant Secretary-General of the famous political movement in my country Zimbabwe called Movement For Democratic Changes (MDC). As a political leader, he has a great ambition to contest for higher political position and due to the political and economic malpractices by the present government of Robert Mugabe, My father and ten other top members of the party
protested against the ruling party and opposed their governance.

It was on the early morning of 24 June 2005 , my father and some other members of their group was murdered in a cold blood by some militants royal to president Mugabe, inorder to stop the opposition movement. But before the death of my father, he deposited a consignment with worth US$8.5 Million( Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a private security and finance company here in South Africa. This fund was meant for running of his next political post. As his only surviving son I flee to South Africa where am presently to seek for political asylum, because there is danger that I might be the next target. I am presently on political asylum in South Africa.

With my position here as a refugee I am not in any position to engage in any business negotiation and also I am not allowed to open an account here in my refugee paper it quotes (Work and Study prohibited) I therefore appeal to you to assist me in securing and transferring of this fund to your private or companies account over there for good investment into a lucrative business, because I have no knowledge of investment before and I will not like to invest here in South Africa because it shares the same political ideologies with my country. As soon as you accept my offer, I will offer you 25% of the total fund and all the documents regarding the fund will be available to you. Also bear in mind that this fund is still deposited with a private security company (Asset protection Company and the content was not disclosed by my late father)
Thanks and best Regards.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr. William Ncube



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