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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 Edwin Tsvangirai." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwintsvangirai@live.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:13:03 +0100
Subject: From Mr. Edwin Tsvangirai

>From Mr. Edwin Tsvangirai
I am Mr. Edwin Tsvangirai, I need your help claiming the sum of US$10.3 Million Dollars for investment purposes. The funds belong to my late mother Susan Morgan Tsvangirai who died in a car accident: please View website:www.india-server.com/news/zimbabwean-prime-minister-morgan-6446.html for more details on this incident. I wait for your quick reply so we can discuss details on the sharing percentage of this funds as well as give you contact details of our attorney who will legally assist us to get this claim perfected without violating any laws or yours. For directives on this claim, you are advised to send me Your full name, Contact address, Telephone to enable me inform our lawyer who will direct you legally on this claim. Treat as urgent if you are interested. Please reply through this email:edwintsvangirai@live.co.uk or call me on 0044 752-705-1714

Regards,
Mr. Edwin Tsvangirai.

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