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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Zama Madeline <zama_madeline3@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: madeline04zama@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:10:15 +0700 (ICT)
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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