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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mchambati@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:46:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Do Revert Back To Us


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: chambatifamily01@yahoo.com

Please Do Revert Back To Us

- ATTENTION: Brethren,You might be surprised to receive this mail from me since you don't know me personally. I am the wife of late Mr. Milton Chambati, a known Farmer and an MDC candidate in last year's parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe. Who was beheaded by 50 followers of Mr. Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in the small north-western hamlet of Magunge. After due consideration of your Profile, hence I decided to write to you to solicit for your special assistance to my family Shattered by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party, President ROBERT MUGABE. And as I write you this mail; three members of my late Husband’s opposition party in Zimbabwe have been killed over the last four days in politically motivated attacks. But thanks be to the former South African President Thabo Mbeki how is presently in Zimbabwe since yesterday, in effort to persuade President Robert Mugabe to accept his previous Agreement with him on sharing of Ministerial key posts, in which the stubborn Mugabe now refused to cooperate upon. Few days before the election, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and axed my husband to death and my second son. Since then they have been terrorizing my first son Daniel Chambati, being a Journalist, he wrote against mugabe’s bad ruling and the killing of his Dad, though by Grace of Almighty God, he managed escaped to neighboring country called Ghana,a political free Counry where he is presently seeking for political asylum due to the Article he wrote against Mugabe as he banned the Media to not publish any news as it will reflect bad on him and also on the neighboring African countries especially South Africa as it will be hosting the 2010 soccer world cup. Brethren, before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers before the Election, which opted him to move out the sum of US7.5 million dollars (Seven point five million united state dollars) from his Bank accounts here, through a Fiduciary Agent to a Financial House in Europe, though it was deposited with the intention of using it for the purchase of farm machinery and chemicals for agricultural Purpose in South Africa and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland. The Bank just wrote us that our account has been DORMANT, as the beneficiary of the funds, if we do not re-activate the account, the funds will be CONFISCATED and I cannot do any thing for now due to my health condition. I'm in a hospital in South Africa where I have been undergoing treatment for the wound I sustained on my right leg during the time of the invasion. My son living as a refugee in Ghana, and according to the laws of the Country, it does not permit Refugees to operate Bank accounts or apply for traveling Documents from Embassies without been granted Asylum, and he wanted to meet with the Financial House in Europe and relocate out the Fund by himself. Therefore, since you are closer to where the Money is deposited, I contacted you so that the fund can be transferred into your Bank Account and as well assist us in investing the money in your country. If you accept to assist, all is needed from you is to arrange and come down to Ghana and meet with my son so that you can help him to open a non-resident bank account in your name, but whereby you cannot be able to make the trip to Ghana, upon reaching an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement, we would make contact and introduce you to the Management of the Financial House to deal direct with you on our absent, either the Fund will be release into your company/private Bank account after sending AUTHORIZATION LETTER to the Bank by my son Daniel, which will aid for the immediate transfer of the Sum (7.5Million) into your Nominated Bank Account.We have two options for you, once you promise to be reliable and trustworthy in this transaction, firstly, you can choose to have certain percentage of the money for nominating your account in this transaction or we can go into partnership with you for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country whichever the option, fell free to notify him. He will then furnish you with every detail you need to know. Lastly, if you do not prefer a partnership, we are willing to negotiate your percentage from the total money, if you are really capable and willing to assist us please contact us immediately and please treat this matter as urgent as possible thanks for your mutual co-operation. I am expecting your mail soonest or make contact with my son Daniel on the below stated email address for our furtherance. Regards Mrs. Margaret Chambati.Cc: Daniel Chambati,Bujumbura Refugee Camp, Ghana. danielchambati@yahoo.com Tel: 00233-21-509021.


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