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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: MR SUN MOYO <sunmoyo_family@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:00:18 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL /PARTNERSHIP VENTURE


FROM:MR. SUN MOYO=20
TEL:27- 73-505-0223 Dear Sir/Madam, My name is SUN MOYO,the elder son of M=
r. JOHN MOYO of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I go=
t your contact address. I got your address from the South African Chamber =
of Commerce in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the current war against =
the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe t=
o 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 mem=
bers and his followers.My father is one of the best farmers in our country=
and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invade=
d my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and=
made away with a lot of items in my father's farm. Before his death, my f=
ather had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg, Sout=
h Africa the sum of US$18.5 Million (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousan=
d United States Dollars).with my name,and made every documents with my nam=
e both the certificate of depositry. Then after the death of my father, we=
decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited th=
e money in the Security Company as valuables. So,I decided to contact you =
to assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa because as asylum =
seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa=
. We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%=
will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of=
this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your c=
ountry.All I want you to do is to furnish me with your full personal phone=
and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above T=
elephone number.Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutel=
y confidential. *

=20

Awaiting your urgent reply.*

=20

Thanks and God bless. Best Regards. Mr. Sun Moyo.=20

*Waiting for your prompt and positive response, please read about problems=
in Zimbabwe from the link below. *

**=20

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk=
/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm] *

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk=
/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm] *

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm [http://news.bbc.co.u=
k/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm] *


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