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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. CATHERINE NGADEBE" <ogucolbusinessenterprise@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrscatherine508@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:35:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent



FROM: MRS. CATHERINE NGADEBE / MR. DAVID NGADEBE,

8 KASSAVETI STREET, ATHENS GREECE,

TEL: 00306956481550

E-MAIL: mrscatherine508@gmail.com







Dear Freind,







Greetings in the name of our Lord. This might be a surprise

to you about where I got your contact address. But all the same, I

believe we do not need to be of blood relatives before we can establish

cordial relationship. Having said this, I think it is very important

at this juncture to introduce myself to you and also disclose to

you, how I came in contact with your mail address/profile. My name is MRS.

CATHERINE NGADEBE, wife of late MR. PETER NGADEBE, of Masingo Province

of Zimbabwe. During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from

the ZANU - PF supporters of our President Robert Mugabe, to claim all the

white-owned farms to his party members and followers, he ordered all

white farmers to surrender all their farms and Lands to ZANU - PF members.

My husband was one of the richest farmers in our country and

because he did not support President Mugabe's ideas, ZANU - PF members

invaded our farmlands and burnt everything in the farms, killing my

husband, son, niece and made away with a lot of items. For more details

visit the sites below:http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/zimbabwe/ZimLand0302-03.htm#P295_78892

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/19/zimbab18604.htm

http://hrw.org/reports/2008/zimbabwe0608/

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/10/18/zimbab17128.htm









Before his untimely death, he made it known to me that he

deposited with a private Security Company in Europe the sum of US$20.5

Million (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) under

the name of my son DAVID NGADEBE as Family Valuables.. Then after my

husband's death, we decided to move to GREECE where he had deposited the money.

And because we are [Refugee] Asylum seekers, we are not allowed to operate

any bank transaction. I have spent months in trying to get an

overseas reliable contact, It is worthy to note that people are unreliable

these days and even derive joy in telling lies but we are Christians, pure,

truthful and with a genuine heart.









On this ground I request your unreserved but sincere

cooperation devoid of greed in carrying out this transaction so that no one

amongst both of us shall defraud each other at the end. We are prepared to

split the fund at 65% for us to invest in your country, 5% for expenses &

taxes during the transaction & 30% for your assistance.contact me on my

private email address mrscatherine508@gmail.com

Await your co-operation.

Thanks and God

bless you.







Best Regards.





Mrs. Catherine Ngadebe & Mr. David Ngadebe,

[For the family]



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