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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: lukaz lukaz <lukazdon007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lukazdon01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:18:11 +0200
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE



FROM: MR.Lukaz DonDear Sir/Madam, Don’t be surprised to receive this letter, I am LUKAZ DON, son of (Mr. BONGANI T DON, A TOBACCO FARMER IN ZIMBWABWE) my father was murdered by Zimbabwe veterans and critics lack people of ZANU-PF ruling party, if you are conversant with CNN AFRICA. Before the death of my father . He was a prosperous tobacco and coffee farmer who has invested much in agricultural sector and a very major sponsor of the opposition party MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE). President ROBERT MUGABE and his ZANU-PF ruling party with the new land reform system, the government land being occupied by whites and some rich farmers who are opposing his consistent stay in power and radical and unnecessary reforms targeted to dehumanizing his political opponents and high rate of abuse of human rights which led to the killing of some members of opposition party including my father, MR BONGANI T DON. I acknowledge very well that my father deposited the sum of (U$18) Eighteen Million, United States Dollars, with a security and financial company here in the Johannesburg, South Africa with the intention of using it for the purchase of new farm machineries and chemicals for agricultural purpose as well as purchasing hectares of land in Zimbabwe.Your contact was courtesy of ecplaza site information network online. With the high risk of staying in my country we are now on political asylum (refugee) here in Republic of South Africa, my position does not allow me to open an account or to normalize this fund to any meaningful business transaction, I want you to understand that this is purely family fund not money laundering affair. I solicit for your honest assistance to a family shattered by lyric governmet. I want this fund to be transferred to your nominated account overseas, with your partnership, I will invest in your country. I and my mother have agreed to offer you 25% of the fund for your kind asistance then 5% will be for any possible expenses that might occur in the process of the transactin while 70% will be for my family investment in your country. Be assured that all the necessary documents backing this fund has been arranged by me and my attorney, feel free to ask any question regrding this transaction. Practically, once you show your willingness to assist us, we can arrange of when to come down here in South Africa. Hoping to hear from you soonest, kindly contact me through my email address to facilitate this transaction. I need your urgent and confident response towards this matter. Yours sincerely, Lukaz Don (MR).
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