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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: Mark Moyo <mar.km.oyo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 19:55:13 +0200
Subject: URGENT REQUEST




From: Mark Moyo
Johannesburg- South Africa.
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Dear Sir/Madam,

REF: URGENT REQUEST

My name is Mark MOYO (Jnr) the elder son of PRINCE DENNIS MOYO, of the rep=
ublic of Zimbabwe I'm aware that this unexpected letter will come to=20
you as a surprise I Apologies for any inconvenience, but please do bear wi=
th me for I am Only seeking for your help. I got your email address from=20
network Directory. I apologize if I have infringed on your privacy.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe, supported by Presi=
dent, Robert Mugabe in his effort to expel the white farmers of the=20
country. He has ordered the white farmers to give their farms to his membe=
rs of the party and his followers.

My father was one of the most successful farmers in our country, and had b=
een the Minister of Finance in Robert Mugabe's administration, but he did=20
not like the idea of dispossessing the white farmers of their land. For th=
is, his farm was invaded and was burned by the supporters of the governmen=
t. In the course of the assault, my father was killed, and the invaders ma=
de away with many articles of the farm of my father. Our family house was =
totally destroyed.

Before the death of my father, he called me to the attention of the sum of=
US$18.2 Million United States Dollars, which he had deposited with a Secu=
rity Company here in South Africa, during his tenure as minister of financ=
e. I decided to get in touch with your company, so that you will help me i=
n the transfer of this money from South Africa. This has become necessary =
after I have been denied any right to own Bank account or any other form o=
f financial transaction here, for I am a political asylum seeker here in S=
outh Africa.

We (my sister and I) proposed that you should receive 20% of the entire am=
ount for your help in the transfer of the fund, then 75% of this money sha=
ll go to us (my sister and I), 5% remaining will be used to cover any cost=
or expenses incurred by the both parties in the process of this transacti=
on.

Would you immediately confirm your interest in this transaction by replyin=
g to mark.moyo65@yahoo.fr [mailto:mark.moyo65@yahoo.fr] then I will give y=
ou more details as to how we shall conclude this transaction. Incase you m=
ay have no interest in this transaction; I kindly request your utmost conf=
identiality and secrecy in this matter for security reasons.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Best regards,

MARK MOYO (Jnr).
CONTACT ME:{mark.moyo65@yahoo.fr}



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