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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: "mm22terry@aol.com" <mm22terry@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 15:33:26 -0600
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME


My name is mike terry Ndovo,the elder son of Mr. JOHN
NDOVO of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you
about where I got your e-mail contact. I got your
e-mail from Computer search engine,then i prayed over it.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe
from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to
claim all the white-owned farms to his party members
and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to
surrender all their farms to his party members and his
followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country
and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas,Mugabe's
supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt
everything in the farm, killing my father and made
away with a lot of items in my father's farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of
the Security Company in Amsterdam, Netherlands the
sum of US$1.5 Million (One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).with my name,
and made every documents with my name both the certificate of
depository.

Then after the death of my father, we decided to move
to the England. So,I decided to contact you to assist me to transfer this
money out of Netherlands because as asylum seekers
we are not allowed to operate any bank account.

We have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum for
your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any
expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction and 70% will be for me and my family to
invest in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your full
personal DETAILS and phone and fax numbers for easy communication.
this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.

Thanks and God Bless.
Kind Regard

PLEASE CONTACT ME ON
mm22terry@aol.com


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