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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: "desmond martin" <martindesmo11@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:22:22 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,


*Dear Friend,

Good day. I decided to contact you after I went through my father's file.
Hence we confide in you. we sincerely seek your assistance.

My name is Mr.Desmond Martin Olds the only son of Mr.Martin Olds, a wealthy
farmer and senior politician with the opposition political party in my
country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Our wicked President Robert
mugabe murdered my father, before I ran way from my country because I have
become his next target to eliminate. My father was a fighter for Justice and
a moving force in The MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of
brutal Dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. *
*
Here is my reason for contacting you. Before the death of my father, he
deposited the sum of Ten Million US Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) with a
security company,The money was deposited as a gem/precious stone in a metal
trunk box to avoid seizure and much demurrage from the security company
organization. This money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and
chemicals for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Lesotho and
Swaziland.

The government seized my father's farms and bank account before his Murder.
He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in Alive. This
is why I need your assistance in securing the funds there in your Country,
so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country for the investment
of the fund, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total fund for your
assistance.as you may know that the financial law and regulations of the
government does not give we assylum seekers financial rights to such huge
sum of money. In view of this, The monetary policy/law does not allow such
investment by an asylum seeker or refugee. Please, let me know if you can
assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed.
As I wait for your urgent Response, please treat this
information as top secret. Then u can also contact me through this
alternative mail
(**mr_desmond3@yahoo.com.au*<http://us.f329.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mr_desmond3@yahoo.com.au>
*)

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Desmond Martin.
*

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