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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: johnson mike <fdgthry@att.net>
Reply-To: johnson_mike2002@gala.net
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 02:05:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT


From: JOHNSON  MIKE
Email johnson_mike2002@gala.net
Phone : +27 834211556 
 
Attn; Sir/Madam,         CONFIDENTIAL   INVESTMENT

 
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I find your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist
 
my family to transfer funds to his/her personal or company bank account for
investment purposes. I am JOHNSON  MIKE 24 years old, the first son of Late MR,PETER MIKE  of blessed memory and the "Chairman" of the farmer’s co-operation in Zimbabwe. My late father was among the few blacks that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabes autocratic administration during the land dispute thatjust happened in Zimbabwe . After the death of my father, we decided to move outfrom Zimbabwe because our live were in danger and insecure as my father was thetarget and we reasoned that our continued stay in Zimbabwe would eliminate our dear
 
lives, thus we flew the country. Before the death of my father, he went to South Africa and deposited the sum of twenty million United States Dollars ($20m) in a private security company in Johannesburg. This money was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicalsfor the farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Lesotho. Before hisdeath, he was a major share holder of companies in Zimbabwe. After he died, we
 
moved to South Africa with all the necessary documents related to this fund. We arehere now as asylum seekers and as such the law of South Africa does not permit us tooperate or open any bank account here in South Africa or be involved in anyfinancial transaction with the bank. That is why we contacted you so that we willtransfer the money in the security company to your bank account as we have planned for the successful  transfer.
 
We are ready to compensate you with 25% of the total funds for accepting to assistus,5% will be used for any unforeseen situation during the transfer while 70% willbe for my family’s investment in your country.

Should you be ready to assist us as explained, kindly contact me on the above phone
number and on receiving your acceptance, shall be glad to give you more clarification on the modalities needed for smooth

successful completion of this transaction.
Thanks in anticipation.
 
JOHNSON  MIKE

Email; johnson_mike2002@gala.net
PHONE;27-834211556
(For the family).
 
 

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