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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: mr mgboko kaika kaika <mgboko_kaika16@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: mgbokokaika@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:55:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: REQUIRED URGENT


My Dear Good Day,

I do recognize the surprise this urgent and highly confidential letter will bring to you most especially as it comes from a stranger. I got your contact and credibility from the Dakar Chamber of Commerce and industry.

My late father mgboko kaika was a Zimbabwean Politician and a successful
farmer. He was an associate and a close friend of the current president of Zimbabwe Mr Robert Mugabe. My father fell out of favour with the president and became a founding member of the opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (M.D.C) that are challenging the President's Land Reform Programme initiated by the Government aimed at forcefully taking the white owned farms by force and given to the black inexperience farmers which resulted the widespread anarchy and senseless killings.

However my late father was wrongfully accused by the ruling party of inciting public revolt and crime against the state and was secretly murdered by the agents of the State and our assets confiscated

But before his death, my late father has deposited large sum of money with a security and finance firm in Senegal as a Consignment, the fund is $6.3(six million three hundred thousand united states dollars) as family assets.

The funds were meant for the purchase of farming equipment and tractors in Zimbabwe, and purchase of new lands in neighbouring town and villages for our farming projects.

Since my father's death, my family have become the state targets and we have been constantly been abused and tortured by the government thus our flight to Senegal where we are currently staying as refugees. Our Refugee status has however prohibited us from engaging in financial transaction and could not withdraw our fund from the security company.

Therefore, my mother and I, have thus reached an agreement to seek for a trustworthy person who can assist in claiming the consignment of funds, transfer the fund into his/her personal or company account, when a power of attorney his given in his/her name.

If you are willing to assist me, let me know without skeptism, and all modalities to achieve this will be discussed in details.

Best regards
Mr mgboko kaika
For the family


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