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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: hanish hanish <hanish121@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <danielturay@email.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 18:25:57 +0000
Subject: Attn / Urgent Notification ( REPLY BACK )



FROM : HANISH TURAYREPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWEEMAIL ; savesoul@walla.com
Request for Your Kindly Assistance -----------------------------------With due respect and sincere good will,I write you this letter,which I pray must be given quick attention as you recieve it. I am Hanish Turay ( 20 years old ) Son of late Dr. Simon Turay, who was murdered in the Course of land dispute in violently killed last september,2005 .
My late father was a rich farmer Zimbabwean murdered in cold blood by the agents of the present ruling government of President Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition party controlled by the entire minority during the land dispute .

My father has Before his death deposited most of his finances with a security firm in ( Republic Of Ghana )total the sum of US$5.5m ( Five million Five Hundreed Thousand United States Dollars). He kept this fund in a security measure because of the political crises in our country . This money was embarked from the purchase of new machinery and chemical for farms and the establishment of new Offshore farms in Lesotho, Swaziland.The land problem arose when President Robert Mugabe introduced a new land act that wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few blacks vehemently condemned the "ModusOperandi"adopted by the government.

This resulted to rampant killing and mob action by the war veterans and some political thugs.Subsequently, it is against this background that I and my family who are currently residing in THE (REPUBLIC OF GHANA) at Homeless Refugee shelters Prevention camp have decided to transfer my fathers money and have it deposited into a foreign account. As the eldest daugther of my father.I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are tactically freezing our family wealth hence we were granted asylum Ghana .

As a reliable and reputable person i entrust my future and that of my family into his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free and thenature of your business does not necessarily matter. For your assistance,we are offering you 40% of the total sum, 60% for my family .We wish to invest our part of the money based on your advice. Finally, all we need from you is assurance that you will not sit on this money when it finally gets into your personal account in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please confirm your interest and please email me only at ( savesoul@walla.com ).Best regards,Hanish Turay
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