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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: Ethel Mubaiwa <ethelmubaiwa1034@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ethelmubaiwa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:53:14 +0200
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP



Mrs.Ethel Mubaiwa, 100 ballairs street Northgate,
Johannesburg, South Africa. INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP Dear Sir, With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I find your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to his personal or private account and for investment purpose. I am Mrs. Ethel Mubaiwa the wife of Late Mr. Flexi Mubaiwa, who was the "Chairman" of the farmer’s co-operation in Zimbabwe. It will be necessary to inform you that the {US$18.5M} Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars) intended for penalization of the investments are presently in the custody of a private security company here in Johannesburg, South Africa which we require to transfer out of South Africa immediately for the said investment purposes. You may have heard of the present crisis in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the unprecedented Land use Act of the government of Robert Mugabe in which this government has arbitrarily reclaimed and acquired all farmlands owned by the white farmers in the country. This has caused a historical displacement of the white folks who are known to be the country's main farmers. The ensuing struggles and strife have brought about the killing and imprisonment of thousands of these white farm owners by the ruthless government forces designated to enforce this new order. My husband, in his good will, joined the international community in condemning and speaking out against this uncivilized and bizarre policy of Robert Mugabes government. As a result of my husband firm and upright position on this matter, a group of assailants suspected to be government sympathizers attached and killed my husband in cold blood. Seeing that the entire Mubaiwa's family was in serious threat of extinction, we immediately fled Zimbabwe to South Africa, where we have sojourned ever since as refugee under the United Nations. Prior however, to my husband untimely death he had sensing the rising hostilities, sold some of his farm lands including those of some of his white farmer associates who had transferred ownership of their farm lands to my husband to forestall the government acquiring them. My husband secretly sent the proceeds {US$18.5m} Eighteen million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars from sales of the farmlands to South Africa. And deposited it in a metal box with a private security company here in Johannesburg. We are presently in South Africa as Refugee (Asylum Seekers) We are ready to come in terms on what you will want my family to offer you for your assistance in this transaction, for the inconveniences this we cost you and for accepting to assist us, contact me on the above phone and fax number indicating your interest as soon as possible, on receiving of your acceptance, or my son Humphrey Mubaiwa in South Africa with me, e-mail address: humphreymubaiwa@hotmail.com. TEL: 27 73-0573700 We shall be glad to give you more clarification on the modalities needed for smooth successful completion of this transaction. It is equally important to state here that considering the nature of this matter, we will required that it is handled most discreetly. I anticipate your quick response. Best regard. Mrs. Ethel Mubaiwa. (For and On behalf of my family)
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