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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: lugard zhanga <luzzzhanga34@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lugardzzzhanga@gmmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:24:05 +0000
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP








Dear Sir/Madam,



Greeting in the name of the almighty God. Firstly, let me
introduce myself, my name is Lugard Zhanga Am a Zimbabwe citizen, presently a
refugee here in Ghana.am 18
years old I have a mother who is presently sick and a little sister of 15 years
old.



Well I have important issue I want to discuss with you and sincerely speaking
from the bottom of my heart I need your support in this issue that has been a
problem to me and my family.



My father (Desmond Zhanga) died as a good man fighting against the president of
Zimbabwe PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE who was taking away the farmland from the
white men who have been of great help in all aspect of our life and affecting
the people positively in Zimbabwe, and that is bad, my father choose to fight
for the white people and died for them because they were good people sent from
God.



My father due to his stand over these issues fell out with the ruling party of
PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. Now I and my kid sister and my mother had to flee from
our country to find refuge here in GHANA. Before the death of my
father he was a major dealer of Diamond and Merchandise.



He secretly moved these funds acquired from various sales into a bank in Ghana.
International Commercial Bank (ICB) Accra Ghana.
The total amount that was deposited in the bank is $8.5 MILLION USD.



Here are the contact details of the bank:

icb_ghltd@seeb.cc


Dr. Kwame Nana (director of foreign remittance)

00233-242-012-981



We need a trust worthy and experience person that will help us to invest this
money abroad and take us as one family and will also buy a house for us over
there where we can live safely.



We are prepared to give you 20% of the money for that assistance. We are
expecting to hear from you. Waiting you for your anticipated cooperation.



AND YOU CAN READ FROM THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN
ZIMBABWE.http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/05/03/zimbabwe.01/index

.html.



Best Regards,



Lugard Zhanga




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