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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: "crist adams" <cristadam4@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:15:25 +0200
Subject: You may be surprised to receive this letter from me

FROM: CRIST ADAMS
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
+27 733 368 804

MONEY TRANSFER ASSISTANCE, VERY CONFIDENCE PLEASE
Dear SIR/CEO,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally; I am CRIST ADAMS, the first son of MR WERTY ADAMS, who was
recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. I was furnished with
viable information from the INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE here in Johannesburg
and decided to contact you. Before the death of my father, he had taken me
to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of Ten Million United States Dollars
($10.000.000.00) in a security company as if he foresaw the looming danger
in Zimbabwe. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and
chemicals for the farms and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland.

This land problem came when the President of Zimbabwe MR ROBERT MUGABE
introduced a new Land Act which wholly affected the rich white and black
farmers. This resulted to the killing and mob action by the Zimbabwean war
veterans and some lunatics in the society. Infect, a lot of people have been
killed because of this land-reformed act of which my father was one of the
victims. It is against this background that my family and I, who are
currently staying in South Africa, decided to transfer my father’s money to
a foreign account since the law of South Africa prohibits a refugee (asylum
seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial
transaction.

As the eldest son of my father I am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking a genuine foreign account into which this money could be transferred
to, without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking everything
we have got, and South Africa seems to be playing along with them. I am
faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa for
fear of going through the same experience in the future since both counties
have the same political history. More so, the South Africa Foreign Exchange
policy does not allow such investment as an asylum seeker.

As a businessman, I have to entrust my future and of my family in his hands,
I must let you know that this transaction is risk free. If you accept to
assist me and my family, all I want you to do is to make arrangements and
come to Johannesburg, South Africa, so that you can open a non-resident
account which will aid us in transferring the money into any account you
will nominate overseas.

This money I intend to use for investment. I have two options for you,
firstly, you can choose to have a certain percentage of the money for
nominating your account for this transaction, or you can go into partnership
with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country.
Whichever the options you want, feel free to notify me. I have also mapped
out 10% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of
this transition. If you do not prefer a partnership, I am willing to give
you 20% of the money while the remaining 70% will be for my investment in
your country. Contact me with the above phone and fax number or through
immediate reply while I implore you to maintain secrecy required in this
transaction.
And no matter the level of transaction we are in, you must keep this
business secret and confidential, please. You can view the websites below
for more understanding regarding what has been happening in my country
Zimbabwe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

God bless you for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

CRIST ADAMS.

(For the family)

N: B. PLEASE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TRANSACTION NEEDS STRICT
CONFIDENTIALITY FOR ITS SUCCESS

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