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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: "kelly wade" <kellywade001@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:40:16 +0100
Subject: FROM KELLY WADE

Dear Sir,/Madam     
 
My name is KELLY WADE the son of late Mr. PEDRO WILLIAMS WADE of  Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about how I got your contact  address. I got your contact address through Network on line in my  search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very  confidential  transaction which involves a transfer of fund to a foreign account and I decided to  write you.
 
 During the current war against the rich white farmers in Zimbabwe,From  the supports of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white  owned   Farms to his own party members and his followers, he ordered all the  white  Farmers in Zimbabwe to surrender all their farms to his party members  and  his  followers. 
 
My late father is one of the best farmers in our country, and because  he did not support Mugabe's idea, Mugabe's supporters invaded my  father's  Farmland and burnt everything in the farmland, killing my father and  made away with all the things in his farmland.
 
Before his death, my late father had deposited with one of the
Security Company in Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of $US25million   (Twenty  Five Million United States dollars). then after the death of my father,  my  family decided to move to South Africa where my father had deposited  the money.
 
 So I decided to contact an overseas partner that will assist me and my  only son to move this money out of South Africa because as an asylum  Seeker  In South Africa, I cannot operate any account. We have agreed to offer  you  20% of the total sum for your assistance, 10% has been mapped out for  expenses and 70% for my family.
 
So Please, if you think you can be of any assistance to me and my  family,  Kindly furnish me with your private fax and mobile phone numbers  for  easy and smooth Communication with each other.And please I and my  family  will like to know more about you and your family.
 
You can contact me directly on my private email adress :(kellywade0@yahoo.com
)  for More details and clearifications.
 
Thanks and God bless you.
KELLY WADE.
(For the family)
FAX:+27 83 685 2394
Phone +27 83 725 528



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