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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: "gloria moyo" <gloria_moyo22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gloria_moyo@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:05:21 +0200
Subject: From: Mrs. GLORIA MOYO

From: Mrs. GLORIA MOYO
Add: 43 Nelson Mandela Avenue
South Africa
You can contact my son on
This Number +27-7828-49720,




Dear Sir,

Please, kindly pardon me for any inconvenience this letter may cost you
Because I know it may come to you as a surprise as we’ have no previous
correspondence.

I got your contact as I was searching for helping hand in your country,
This is why I decided to appeal to you directly for assistance because I'
have no relations or friends in your country for help me. I am Mrs. GLORIA
MOYO from Zimbabwe. I am a widow being that I lost my husband last year. My
husband was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death.
He was assassinated last January by the rebels following the political
uprising.

But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so
he deposited the sum of (US$7.2 million United States Dollars) in the name
of our only son FORTUNE with the help of reputable security company in south
Africa with the intention of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing
company among other companies in our neighboring country (Swaziland) after
his university education.

On the 15th January 2005, the war veterans and some supporters of
(ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and assassinates him (my
husband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son,
FORTUNE
,+ but he managed to escape to a neighboring country, South Africa as a
political asylum seeker (refugee). But his position in South Africa does not
permit him to open an account or run any huge financial business.

I want you to do me a favor to receive these funds to a safe account in your
country or any safer place as the beneficiary.
For your assistance, I have two options for you. Firstly you can choose to
have 10% of the money for your assistance, and helping my family investing
these funds, or you can go into partnership with me for the proper
profitable investment of the money in your country. Which ever the option
you want, please do notify me in your reply.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and
industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you.
Please if you are willing to assist me and my only son Fortune, indicate
your interest in replying soonest.

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you all
the information’s that will empower your good self in finalizing the
transaction with the Security Company in South Africa. I will also send to
you the agreement that will protect both interests. And also further
information about your self is necessary for I can not play on this.

Thanks and best regards.
Mrs. GLORIA MOYO
You can contact my son On
This Number +27-7828-49720,
Waiting for your prompt and positive reply

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