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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 Amatu Acoba" <.MrsAmatu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: MrsAmatu@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:26:43 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED




Attn Sir/ Madam,

My name is Mrs Amatu Acoba the Wife of Late Mr.Acoba of Zimbabwean . This
might
be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his
party members and his followers, he ordered all farmers to surrender all
farms to his party members and his followers.

My husband is One of the Jewish famous farmers in our country Zimbabwe and
because he did not support Mugabes ideas of gorvenance,Mugabes supports
invaded my husband's farm and burnt everything in the farm,killing my
husband and made away with a lot of items in my husbands farm.

Before his death,my husband had deposited with of the American Security
Company in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, the sum of (US$5,000,000,00 ) FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).After the death of my husband, we decided to
move to the Republic of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso where he had deposited the
money in the Security Company as valuables.

So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of Burkina Faso because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any Bank Account within Sub African country. entire
family have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance,5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of
this transaction while 65% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country. Get back to me with this your details.

Full Names:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Mobile No
Age:
Sex:

This is for easy communication.

Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards.
Mrs Amatu Acoba

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