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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: "MRS. SHERIN DANLADI" <sherindanladi0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:11:50 -0500
Subject: Join me in solving the climate crisis


FROM: MRS. SHERIN DANLADI
133 T. 220A-2060HT, LONEHILL,
SANTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
CONTACT E-MAIL: sherindanladi@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,
URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Please do not think this is one of those scam or junk mails you receive in your mailbox/fax machine, which myself receive also, but I plead for your tolerance.

I got your contact address from South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Johannesburg. My name is MRS.SHERIN DANLADI the wife of late MR. DANLADI MARTINS of Zimbabwe. Let me quickly bring to your knowledge why I need your urgent assistance.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of our PRESIDENT MR. ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers, my husband was among the rich black farmers in the country who stand firmly against the way the white farmers were being brutally maltreated, taking their farms without compensation.

This land problem came when PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE introduced a New Land Act Reform (NLAR), which wholly affected the rich white farmers. This resulted to killing and mob action by the Zimbabwean war veterans. In fact many people were killed because of the land reform act for which my husband was among the victims and after his assassination, the same Government burned our farm and residential building.

The only thing left for us is the sum of US$22,500.000 (TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which my husband deposited in one of the private finance security company in Johannesburg South Africa before his death, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.This money is protected in a big metal box and was declared to the security company at the point of deposit as precious valuables e.g., Gold, Diamond and Germ Stone to avoid the security company knowing that the contents of the consignment deposited with them contains cash. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland.

It is for this reason that I and my only son FRANK DANLADI and my only daughter GRACE seek asylum in South Africa so that we can invest this fund as well. But since our arrival here, we have spent quite a fortune looking for how we can get through in order to clear this fund out of the security company, but all our effort were abortive due to the law of South Africa that prohibits a person with refugee status to operate a bank account or do any banking transaction of this magnitude. As the wife, I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking for a genuine foreign partner that will assist us transfer this fund to his/her account for investment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm

Thanks as I expect your soonest response.

MRS. SHERIN DANLADI
(For the family)
EMAIL:sherindanladi@gmail.com


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