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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: sister mary <mrsmabo113@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:29:42 +0200
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?GREETINGS,MUTUAL_ASSISTANCE.=FE?=



MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.

Dear Truly Friend,
Grace, peace and love to you. I hope my letter does not cause you much embarrassment by writing through this channel especially when we have not met personally in the past, Well,it is occasioned by the urgency it demands. However your contact was made possible to me through database, And I have no doubt about your capacity and good will to assist me in receiving into your custody [for safety] the sum of (us$13.6m Thirteen million six hundred thousand us dollars) willed and deposited on my name by my late husband.

I got your contact from a professional database found in Internet while searching for a reliable and honest person, I was divinely inspired to pick your name among other names found in the database after series of prayers/fasting for Gods direction.
I am Mrs. Mary Ndlovu Mabongo,person from [ZIMBABWE] undergoing medical treatment here in South Africa . I was happily married to Dr.Ndlovu Mabongo a great farmer in my country [ZIMBABWE] before he died in the year 2006.We were married for seven years without a child.Because I was told long ago by my doctor after i got married that i can not be able to have a child due to a damage in my tube which made it impossible for me to conceive.

Before my late Husband's death we were both devoted and born again Christians and after his death I decided not to re-married outside my matrimonial home,i also rejected the ideal to re-married my late Husband's elderly brother as the custom demands. For these reasons my late Husband's family ganged up against me and sent me away from my Husband's Home & properties that made me decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of my life to South-Africa after i fell seriously ill and there's no one to run to as my own family has disowned me long ago immediately after i got married to my late Husband which my family never approved of,but i went ahead against their wish and got married to my late Husband.
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 followers. My Husband was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s political ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my Husband's farm ,burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became seriously ill and died after 3 days.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (us$13.6m Thirteen million six hundred thousand us dollars) with a finance/security company here in near by country of South Africa,this money is the only thing his family did not get an access to among all his seized properties,as it was willed and deposited on my name and all the deposit documents are with me so i hided it from them.And presently, this money is still with the Security Company in South-Africa.

Recently, my Doctor told me that i would not last for the next 8 months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my partial paralysis. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an Individual,Company or better still an Organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.
I want someone that will use this funds to the less privelleges, orphanages, (WIDOWS) around African nation and other part of the world. I took this decision because i don't have any child that will inherit this funds,my late Husband family and my family are not worthy of this money either,so i don't want a situation where by my late Husband's hard earned money will be used in an ungodly evil manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision.
If you will be of any assistance, I will surely appreciate and thank you for your kindness in giving me this help, i am also willing to accept any condition you may deem suitable for your effort. I want to assure you that this transaction is REAL, SAFE & 100% RISK free as you are dealing with a responsible and respected person like you.
However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with me that you will not elope with my funds.If you agree to my terms, kindly as matter of urgency send me an email on my private mailbox address below. familymails@Safe-mail.net
Remain blessed while waiting for your urgent response.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours in trust,
Mrs.Mary.
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