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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: james mboma <jamesmboma45@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:16:21 +0400
Subject: CRY FOR HELP



MR James MbomaNO 9 SANDTONAVENUE PRETORIAContact email jamesmboma_7@myway.com Greetings My name is James Mboma, the only son of Mr. Samuel Mboma of Zimbabwe . It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address; I got it from the South Africa information Exchange (S.A.I.E) Here in Pretoria . During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followersMy father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the presidentâ??s political ideology, the presidentâ??s supporters invaded my fatherâ??s farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died after two days. And after his death, my mother and I decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South-Africa. Before he died he left a total of 28.7million united states dollars which he deposited in a box with a security company in Pretoria South Africa he advise me to solicit for reliable foreign partner who will assist me to transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment purpose. He deposited the money in my name and it can be claimed by me alone with the deposit code. From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assist us. We are now living in South-Africa as political asylum seekers and the financial law of South Africa does not allow asylum seekers certain financial rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist us transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment purposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 30% and 70% will be kept for my family, Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your urgent reply from you. For detailed information . NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. Regard James Mboma
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