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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: Stanley Vusi <stan_0private_mbox@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: stan_private_mbox@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:53:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello My Dear


My Dear,

Due to my careful search for an honest,reliable,sincere and willing partner,I am contacting you with faith and I ask if you can be trusted not to break an agreement,still it took me time to make up my mind contacting you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which I can't afford to loose,my whole life and family hope depends on it.Please after reading my mail and you find it worthy for you to assist me,contact me through my alternative email id (stan_private_mbox@hotmail.com)with utmost confidential and considering the proposal.

My name is Stanley Vusi, the son of Late Mr.Johnson Vusi of blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers. My father is One of the most successful multi farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my fathers farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm.I and my mother escaping,we moved to Chitungwiza a place near Harare and recently again Zimbabwean government declared moves against non-citizens in which the police took us down to the Caledonia farms and forced many of us to move to an ancestral village before the catholics mission could come to rescue.for the truth of it all check the caption of BBC with this
page below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4177222.stm


Before his death, my father had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE IN SOUTH AFRICA, the sum of (USD $16.5 MILLION) through the diplomatic services as a family valuable in trunk box. After these incidents, the mission helped us amongst others to move to Johannesburg South Africa where we re-located under political asylum as a refugees to seek for foreign partner overseas that will assist us move this money out of THE PLACE OF DEPOSIT to your country as I and my mother have made up our mind to invest and live in your country. As an asylum seeker we are not allowed to operate any Financial Transaction like this within SA.

We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money get`s into the account you will provide while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction both local and international. I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it.PLEASE inform me on the best,faster and safer way of contacting and communicating with you privately.


Thanks as I awaits to hear from you.

Sincerely Yours,
Stanley Vusi.


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