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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: daniel chiwara <danielchiwara13@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:00:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From :Mr Daniel N.Chiwara


From :Mr Daniel N.Chiwara
SOUTH AFRICA

Telephone: +27-835-981-105

Email:danielnchiwara13@yahoo.co.in

Attn: Director/Ceo.

Hello Dear Friend,

I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by their recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Mr Daniel N. Chiwara, the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Laben Chiwara. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare,the economic city of Zimbabwe before he was killed to death by his political associates on one of their outing to make political dialoug.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me and my younger brother Hassan special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 7th May 2000 in a private hospital here in Bindura. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he deposited a sum of $9.5,000.000 (Nine Million, five hundred thousand dollars) and it is Deposited in a vault company in South Africa, that he used my name as his first son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).

For quick reference to glance through how my father was brutally killed please visit the website
http://www.zimvigil.co.uk/rollofhonour.htm

Presently we are now in south Africa as an asylum seeker and we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To provide your personal phone and fax
2) To provide your personal details about your self

Moreover , we are willing to offer you 10% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas.

Please i will appriciate your kindness in helping us.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards.

Mr.Daniel N.Chiwara


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