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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: Dr.Alexandra Ncube <drancube28@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ncubempoyofamily@live.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:29:06 +0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE FOR NCUBE MPOYO FAMILY



From: Dr.Alexandra Ncube.Mpoyo Pretoria, South Africa + 27 7981 10960 ncubempoyofamily@live.com Dear Sir / Madam
FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE FOR NCUBE MPOYO FAMILY My name is Dr Alexandra Ncube .Mpoyo the elder son of Late Mr.Anthony .Mpoyo of Zimbabwe This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact. A career diplomat who I consulted in my search for a reliable individual/company who can assist me in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company or private account introduced your firm to me. During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to 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 members 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 invaded 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 father had deposited with one of the finance Company in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA ,the sum of US$29.7m After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the finance Company as family valuables.
So I decided to contact you as my father's overseas firm business partner that will assist me and my family to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 2% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 78% will be for me and my family to invest in your country All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire Personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above Telephone number. + 27 7981 10960, family Email at; ncubempoyofamily@live.com Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential. Thanks and God bless. Best regards, Dr.Alexandra . Ncube Mpoyo for the family.

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