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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: "john02mushiringa Gazeta.pl" <john02mushiringa@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: john2mushiringa2@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:19:06 +0100
Subject: From:Miss Madeline Zama


From:Miss Madeline Zama
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Dearest One,

This is a letter of appeal and business proposal, it might upset you because
we have not had any previous discussion on this or we have not met before
now.I am Madeline Zama, Zimbabwean national currently living as political
refugee in Abidjan Ivory Coast.I am Miss Madeline Zama , the only daughter
of Mr. David Zama, an Indigenous Zimbabwean commercial farmer from Shona
tribe.

My mother was murdered in cold blood in 2001 by fellow Indigenous black
Zimbabwean war veterans who invaded our farms/home and forcefully evicted us
out of our properties with the support of President Robert Mugabe, because
my father was not in support of his political Ideologies. After that I flee
to South
Africa with my father.

President Robert Mugabe claims land like this has been confiscated to
assist the resettlement of landless peasants, but the selection process is
controlled by committees from the ruling Zanu-PF party and the main
beneficiaries are party officials, "war veterans", and card-carrying members
of the party, some of whom have no background in farming.

All appeal from International Communities like the European Union (EEC)
Common Wealth of Nations, United Kingdom, USA and notable individuals around
the globe to President Mugabe to consider us has failed. Over 500 white
settlers and their families were affected and had fled the country. I am
currently living as refugee in Ivory Coast with the missionaries.

My father, who has been close friend of former Ivory Coast Defence Minister
Émile Boga Doudou has been used by him to do military supplies in the past.
Émile Boga Doudou who brought us to Ivory Coast from Durban South Africa was
murdered with all members of his family during the military uprising in
Abidjan on the 19th of September 2002.

We were at church night vigil whenthe genocide occurred. So we remained in
the Church and did not go back again. My father decided and established
another farming business here and it was successful. Late last year, he was
diagnosed of prostrate cancer; unfortunately he died last month,MAY HIS SOUL
LAST IN PERFECT PEACE AMEN).

After the funeral, when am going through his files, I discovered that he
deposited sum of Ten Million USA Dollars (US$10M) in a fix/suspense
account with a bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast . The bank deposit was done in
my name, with strict instruction from my father that I must invest the money
abroad in future.

Now that my father is dead and nothing left behind in Zimbabwe, I have no
intention of going back there as my life is in danger.I therefore seek your
assistance to help me receive the money in your account for purpose of
investment/safe keeping. You will also help me to migrate to your country
or any other place that will be safe for me. You should inform me what will
be your percentage commission. I must make it clear that there is nothing
to be afraid of because I have documents about the money.

Please give my request concrete consideration, as I do not desire to die
here. Kindly send your responses to the above email addresses and remain
blessed.

Yours,
Madeline Zama

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