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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: Champagnie George <champagnie_george@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:54:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM:MR.CHAMPAGNE GEORGE


FROM:MR.CHAMPAGNE GEORGE
E-mail: champagniegeorge_1@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE;27-72-665-0256
ADDRESS: No 8 CRESENT AVENUE
JOHENNSBURG SOUTH AFRICA
MAN/DIREC,C.E.O

GOOD DAY

This letter is not intended to cause you any embarrassment in whatever form, rather is in good faith from a family in dear need of assistance, following knowledge of your high repute and trustworthiness, is borne out of this difficult situation that our family has been engulfed in since our father and bread winner of our family was forced to relinquish his position.

My name is Mr. Champagne George the elder son of Mr. Paul George of Zimbabwe. I got your contact through South African Trade Journal here in my search for reliable company/personal account who can assist us in transferring this money out of South Africa. During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party Members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers. My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not Support Mugabe’s ideas Mugabe’ssupporters invaded my father’s farms and Burnt everything in the farm, killed my father and took everthing he hard. Before his death, he had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg South Africa the sum of (US$150, 000, 000, 00.Milion United States Dollars)

After the death of our father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the Money in the Security Company as valuables. It is in this regards that I, my mother and my two sisters decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist us to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistant,10%will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the courtesy of this transaction and 60% will be for our family investment in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above Telephone and e-mail address. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and best Regard
Mr. Champagne George
 (Unbehalf of the family)


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