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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. tambo" <fred_tambo@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:16:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PRIVATE



FROM: Morris.B.Turner
Joburg,South Africa
Private Email:jmswilliams107@gmail.com

Dear Sir,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write this letter to you seeking your help and assistance though it is difficult since we have not had any correspondence before now. I got your contact through South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E) regarding your personal and business profile and I sincerely believe that you are capable to handle this urgent transaction.

I am James.W.Turner, the step son of Dr. Howard Turner, a Zimbabwean white farmer and businessman who was kidnapped 2003 by dissident militants suspected to have the backing of the incumbent president Mugabe because of my father's outspokenness against his decision to seize white owned farms and freely give them to blacks without compensating the original white owners in order to secure votes in the past elections and this has led to the death of so many blacks and whites since it started.

Six years after my father was kidnapped & jailed, he managed to sneak a written message to me and my brother, explaining his condition and one diplomatic box he deposited with the Security Company here in London UK which contained the sum of US$28.5 Million (Twenty-eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), but the content of the box was not disclosed to the Security Company due to security reasons. This money was contributed by his white colleagues / partners- Movement For Democratic Change of Zimbabwe (MDC) to battle president Mugabe should he try to manipulate the electoral results in then elections, since Zimbabweans are tired of his leadership, however he was still able to manipulate the election and for this my family is not safe.

My father instructed us to move out of Zimbabwe for our safety, which we successfully did and now we are in London. And because of the existing laws in the UK, which bare asylum seekers/refugees like us to operate an account that exceeds US$5,000.00 (Five Thousand United States Dollars). This is where we seriously and urgently need your assistance for this money to be transferred into your account pending our arrival to your country. It is very important you understand that this transaction is 100% risk free, as no other source knows about this fund and our whereabouts.

As for your reward for your kind assistance, we have agreed to give you 18% of the total sum and 2% mapped out for any expenses we might incur during the course of the transfer and we intend to use 80% for investment in your country or any other country you might suggest and which should be under your guidance. Finally, I urge you to give this transaction a highly needed confidentiality it deserves and promise that you will not sit on this money when finally transferred into your account as our lives and future depend on this fund as we do not know what future holds for our father since our mother died a year ago.

Please I will be very much glad if you give this urgent attention and do notify me on my above contact info.if you intend helping us out.I await your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
Morris.B.Turner
(For the family)





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