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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: joshua moyo <shuamoyo10@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Assistance to invest


PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
TEL: 0027 78 702 0619
Email: shuamoyo2000@gmail.com
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/ C.E.O.

You will be surprise to receive this letter since you don’t know me personally, but do treat this request as a call from somebody in dire need of your kind assistance, but for the purpose of introduction. My name is Mr. JOSHUA MOYO the only son of Dr. NELSON MOYO who was recently murdered with other co farmers in the Land dispute in Zimbabwe.
In my keen interest to invest in your country, I got your contact through South African Information exchange, here in Johannesburg South Africa. And I decided to write to you for your assistance. My late father was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood by the killer squad of the ruling government of President Robert Mugabe. For his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition party. Control by the white.
Before my fathers death, my father was the treasurer of Zimbabwe farmer's union and with his position got this wealth that he took to South Africa where he deposited the sum of US$19, 500,000.00 (NINTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) with a security company for safe keeping as if he knew what future with be from the farm struggle in Zimbabwe. This money was deposited with a box as a “FAMILY TRAESURE” with the Security Company. This was done for the management of the company not to know the real content of this consignment for security reasons. My late father signed me as the beneficiary to this consignment as if he knows that he die and the union was banned during the fight.
This land problem arose when President Robert Mugabe introduces a new land acts which wholly affected the white farmers and some objective black vehemently condemned the modus operandi adopted by the government. This resulted to forceful ejection of whites from their lands, rampant killing and mob actions by the war veteran and some political thugs. Hundreds of people have lost their life and up till this moment CNN and BBC have reported more killing in the farmland violence. Which heads of government from Western World, especially Britain and the United States of America has voice their condemnation over Mugabe’s obnoxious land acts. As the only son of my father and my widows’ mother, we seek for a genuine foreign partner who will help us to transfer this money to a safe destination for investment purposes. Presently I am residing in South Africa as an asylum seeker (refugee). At the moment I am in dilemma on how to move this money safely out of South Africa due
to the fiscal laws inhibiting South African refugee on monetary policy. I request for your help to assist me in transferring this money to your nominated account oversea for investment purposes.
Therefore, we agreed to offer you 20% from the total amount for helping us to move the money while the remaining 80% will be for my mother and me and as well you will be our adviser on the investment project.
As this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly get back to me through the above email address or telephone number, also include your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. And bear in mind that this transaction is highly confidential to enable us to achieve this goal and I reveal this transaction to you because I was told that you are highly respected in the society.
I wait for your urgent response.

Best regards,

MR JOSHUA MOYO

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