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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: "Mathiba & Sons Development Farms Ltd." <annamathibafarms1@annafarms.org>
Reply-To: annndebele@live.co.za
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 06:33:45 +0000
Subject: HUMBLE ASSISTANCE FROM MS ANN MATHIBA


From: Mrs. Ann Ndebele Mathiba
MP465 Avenue Linksfail
Pretoria, South Africa

HUMBLE ASSISTANCE FROM MS ANN MATHIBA.

My name is Mrs. Ann Ndebele Mathiba the wife of Late Mr. Williams Mathiba of Zimbabwe This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact. A career diplomat who I consulted in my search for a reliable individual/company who can assist me in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company or private account introduced your firm to me.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our 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 their farms to his party members and his followers.
My husband was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my husband's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the finance Company in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, the sum of US$27M (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION) after the death of my lovely husband we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the finance Company as family valuables.

So I decided to contact you as my husband's overseas firm business partner that will assist me and my family to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account We have agreed to offer you 28% of the total sum for your assistance, 2% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire Personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact my son Jeffrey Mathiba on the above Email at; jeffreymathiba@live.co.za or email me at:annndebele@live.co.zaNote that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Ann Ndeblele Mathiba for the family.
Tel; 0027 739382 891
Family Email;annndebele@live.co.za



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