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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: "edward chosa" <edwardchosa10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edward_chosa@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:01:26 +0000
Subject: RE:URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

From Mr. Edward chosa
Att: C.E.O/DIRECTOR
With trust and humility, I present this letter to you; I
am Edward chosa, the first elder son of the late Mr. Duke chosa, a great
Farmer in Zimbabwe. It might be a shock to you to receive this letter from
me, and most especially how I got your contact address. However, your
address was courtesy of a business journal at the world trade center in
Johannesburg, but after due consideration from your profile, I became aware
and assured of your credibility of handling this trust and my future.

During the current crisis against the farmers in Zimbabwe by the
Supporters of president ROBERT MUGABE, to claim all white owned farms in the
country, he Ordered all white farmers to surrender their farms to his party
members and his supporters.

My father was one of the black farmers that worked along side with
the White farmers and opposed the president action towards the white
farmers. My father being well known for his relationship with the white
farmers, the president supporters invaded my father’s farm and destroyed
everything my father was at the same time killed on the process of fighting
back the invaders. The president gave order to confiscate all our properties
including the farms.
After the incident, my mother and my younger sister decided to move out of
Zimbabwe for the safety of their life.

I was working in Sierra Leone when my father died, I was forced to
return home for the funeral my father's attorney notified me and my mother
about my fathers will with his chambers. When I was going through the will,
I discovered that my late father had used his position as the treasurer of
farmer's cooperative society of Zimbabwe to make some money, which he
brilliantly transferred and deposited with a reputable security company in
South Africa. He deposited this money as consignment / family valuables; the
security company does not know that this consignment contains cash money
except my father's attorney.

The amount involved is US $15MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, my mother
and I have agreed and decided to transfer the money in question to a
reliable and humanist person /company for investment, as we do not have
Intention of going back to Zimbabwe, secondly, we do not have knowledge of
international investment.

Why I have solicited your assistance is because of the nature by
which we entered in to South Africa we do not have the right to operate or
maintain a foreign dominated account as refugees. I have in mind to
compensate you with 20% of the money and 10% for expenses in the cost of the
transaction. Then 70% will be for my family, for investment in your country,
which you will be the supervisor and me.

NOTE: the key word to this transaction is absolutely confidential and Trust,
the transaction is 100% risk free on your side.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Get back to me immediately on the above number and email for more details.

Yours faithfully
EDWARD CHOSA

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