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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: From Patrick Dube <pdube@jmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:41:20 +0200
Subject: Foreign Investment Partner Needed. Reply Urgent.










PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE HELP.

Good day,



I sincerely apologize for the surprise this mail will bring to you, but please consider it as a genuine request from a family in dare need of your help. I am Patrick Dube. A Citizen of Zimbabwe, the only son of Wemba Dube, a wealthy black farmer and senior politician with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). I am contacting you from South Africa were I am now seeking political asylum. I got your contact through the Johannesburg Information Exchange Online.



Our wicked President Robert Mugabe murdered my father, before I ran away from my country because I have become his next target to eliminate. My father was an advocate of Justice and a moving force in The MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of brutal Dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe.You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web site: http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html [http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html]



My father was accused of assisting the White farmers in fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead. The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in fighting my father's death through the Court



The Government saw us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Martin Olds was attacked and murdered in his House, but fortunately, before they came looking for me, I received the news and I left the country through the border to South Africa in order to save my life.



Here is my reason for contacting you. Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Ten Million US Dollars with a security company when he went to South Africa to purchase his farm machinery equipment, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe . The money was deposited as a gem / precious stone in a metal safety box to avoid much demurrage from the security company. This money was meant for the purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland .



The government seized my father's farm and frozen his bank accounts before his arrest and murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention and the deposit documents is with me and I have confirmed with the security company.I need your help in transferring this fund to your bank account in your Country for investments.I am willing to offer you 25% of the US$10 Million for your assistance. I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa because of their financial law and Regulations that do not permit me financial rights to huge sum of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in South Africa. Moreover, the South Africa monetary policy does not allow asylum seekers to engage in any investment.



Thank you for your anticipated help, as I await your reply.



Very truly yours,

Patrick Dube {for the family}.

219 Hughes Avenue

Pretiria, South Africa

Phone: +27 736183371

Email: pdube@jmail.co.za [mailto:pdube@jmail.co.za]













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