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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 Esther Moka" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <esthermoka@megamail.pt>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:31:30 -0000
Subject: Feom Mrs Esther

ESTHER MOKA
123 Kingfisher Drive
Randburg Johannesburg
South Africa
Email:esthermoka@megamail.pt


ATTN:

STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Hearts filled with emotion and pains, and with utmost sincerity and honesty, we the family of Late Solomon Moka decided to contact you, and believe you can be of great assistance to us at this time of tribulations.

I am Mrs.Esther Moka, the wife of Alexandra Y. Moka farmer and leader movement for democratic change (Mdc) in Zimbabwe who was murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe.


Before the death of my husband, he had taken my son to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$20.5M (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand Us Dollars), in a Security Company, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of the new farms in Swaziland.

This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe refused to hand over power to the MDC, which wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers. This resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. Infact, a lot of 90 people have been killed because of this election problem for which my husband was one of the victims.


It is against this background, that I and my family who are currently seeking asylum in South Africa decided to transfer my husband's money to foreign account since the laws of South Africa prohibit a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction. I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking everything we have got. I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa for fear of going through the same experience in future since both countries have similar political history. Moreover, the South African Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such investment as an asylum seeker. Thus, as a foreigner, whom I want to entrust my family's future in your hands, I must let you know that this transaction is risk free.


This money we intend to use for investment. We have two options for you, firstly, you can go into partnership with us for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country or take 25% of the total sum for nominating your account for this transaction, for we am in real need for genuine assistance. Whichever the option you want, feel free to notify us as we have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses that might be incurred in the process of this transaction. While the remaining 70% will be for our investment in your country or joint investment as the case maybe.


Contact me with my alternate email address while I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality required in this transaction, because, with the recent elections held, and the ball still in the governments court, I now have no other choice than to seek urgent means of investing what is only left of us after the death of my dear husband. I pray God to guard my life and that of my whole family as we await your reply.

Mrs Esther Moka

For The Family

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