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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: "nkomo200@terra.es" <nkomo200@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:18:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS


How are you and your family today and I hope that you are all okay? I found=
your email contact information through computer dictionary and I decided t=
o contact you for an important assistance.I am LEWIS ALDERWOOD a citizen of=
Zimbabwe and I am writing this letter to request your assistance and confi=
dentiality to handle a transfer of fund into a Foreign account and I decide=
d to write you,because my late father was among the few black ( Zimbabwean =
rich farmers )murdered in cold blood by the agents of the ruling Government=
of President Robert Mugabe.=20
=20
I am seeking for political asylum in ITALY .
=20
I want to personally entrusted my future and that of my family into your ha=
nds, hence as a refugee in this country I can not be able to declear such a=
mount to the puplic as the law governing asylum seeker dose not allow that,=
and please do understand that this transaction is 100% risk free and the na=
ture of your business does not necessarily matter.=20
=20
I am the only son of JOHN ALDERWOOD, a wealthy farmer and senior politician=
With the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic=
Change [MDC]. My father was murdered by our wicked President, Robert Mugab=
e and I fled my country, because I have become his next target to eliminate=
.My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a part =
of bodies that wanted to end the several years of brutal dictatorship gover=
nment of President Robert Mugabe.=20
=20
You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting=
these web sites,http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in fi=
ghting the government.=20
=20
Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
=20
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen =
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cementary. My father'=
s associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in figh=
ting my father=E2=80=99s death through the Court and media; the Government =
saw us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr.Martin Olds w=
as attacked and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came to=
looking for me, I received the news and I had to flee through the border t=
o South Africa, to save my life.
=20
I am writing this letter to request your assistance and confidentiality to =
handle a transfer of fund into a Foreign account and I decided to write you=
,my late father was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in=
cold blood by the agents of the ruling Government of President Robert Muga=
be, for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition part=
y controlled by the white minority, Before my fathers death, he has taken t=
o Johannesburg and deposited the sum of seventy two Million United State Do=
llars ($72 million)with a Security and Finance Company as if he foreseen th=
e looming danger in Zimbabwe.
=20
My arrival here in ITALY still remains like a miracle to me.Here, is my rea=
sons for contacting you, My father kept this money in two trunk boxes in di=
sguise as family Treasures on my name and could not bank them, because of t=
he situation in my country.The government seized my father=E2=80=99s busine=
ss, farms and banks account before his arrest and murder. He told me everyt=
hing concerning the funds while he was still in detention and this fund has=
been moved from south Africa to Europe here where I am now corrently seeki=
ng a political Asylum because we cannot invest it there.
=20
I need your assistance in securing the funds there in your country, so that=
I can arrange on how to come over to your country to invest with the fund.=
I am willing to offer you 25% of the $72 Million for your assistance.
=20
Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more detai=
ls on how we shall proceed further.contact email address:lewis_alderwood@vi=
rgilio.it
As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this information as confid=
ential because of the situation i am in this country been a refugee .
=20
Hope to hear from you soonest.
=20
Regards,
=20
LEWIS ALDERWOOD





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