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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: "Johnson Daniel" <johnson_daniel001@gala.net>
Reply-To: johnsondaniel001@myway.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:22:50 +0400
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY


*Compliments of the Day,
*
**
*With due respect, trust and humility, i write to you this proposal, which i
believe would be of great interest to you. I got your contact while i was
doing a private research for a reliable person for partnership investment
overseas. Believing you are sincere and trustworthy person and capable of
handing this transaction to the best of your knowledge in assisting me and
my aged mother in claiming the sum of (us$15millon united states Dollars)
in the custody of finance company in Europe.***
*I am contacting you with grestest delight and personal respect. I am
johnson Daniel son of late Dr. (chief) Daniel Mutambara. who was murdered by
the forces loyal to president Robert mugabe due to their support in
acquiring his land and property during the crisis in Zimbabwe, which
continued and led to the lost of several lives of foreign (white) farmers as
reported on cable network news (CNN)and by the british Broadcasting
corporation (BCC) for a clear picture of my story please log on to http:
www.zimbabwesituation.com/may4_2002.html *
**
*During the current crisis against the farmers of the zimbabwe by supporters
of our president Robert mugabe to claim all the white owned farm in our
country,he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his
party member and my **father was one of the best farmers in the country and
knowing that he did not support the president's political ideology, the
president supporters invaded my father's farm burnt down everything, killed
him and confiscated all his investment. Before the death of my father, he
told me and my mother that he deposted the sum of us$15millon united states
Dollars with a finance company, as he knew the looming danger in zimbabwe.
This money was meant for buying of new machineries and chemical for farms
and establishment of new farms in lesotho and swailand. From the above you
can understand that my future depends strongly on this money.*
**
*i will like you to assist us in transferring this money into your account
for * *investment. you can contact me presently now in Dubai U.A.E where i
am residing looking for investment opporunity that i can invest this money
on as this is the only thing left for me and family. it will interest you
to know that we will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your
reward for helping us actualize this matter . it is equally important to
state here that considering nature of this matter, we will required that it
is handle most discreetly. I must **let you know that this business is
100persent risk-free.*
**
*kindly contact me through this Email; johnsondaniel001@myway.com* * once
you recieved this latter for execution details and other necessary
discussion. your private phone and fax number will be needed for easier
communcation thank you in anticipation of your trusted and genuine
assistace. * * <johnsondaniel404@yahoo.fr>*
*Yours sincerely*
*JOHNSON DANIEL*
*johnsondaniel001@myway.com*
*+971 5092 63819*
**
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