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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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Fraud email example:

From: DONATUS IDORI <donatus.idori@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: DONATUS IDORI <cykwame@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:28:32 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: please assist me in good faith GOD bless you.




 
GOOD DAY.


Please help me, my name is Donatus Idori 18 yrs old, I am the only
son of Chief Mrs. Grace Idori. from Zimbabwe, a wealthy black farmer
and senior politician with the opposition political party in my
country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)





Our wicked President Robert Mugabe murdered my mother; I have to
travel from my country, because I have become his next target to
eliminate. My mother was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in
The MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of brutal
dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You will read more
stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web
site:




http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html




My mother was accused of assisting the white farmers in fighting the
government, her partner Mr. Martin Olds a white farmer from British
was murdered by the government. My mother fought his partner's death
through the Court and media and she was arrested, few weeks after her
arrest, my mother was reported dead. The government claimed she died
of heart attack.




But before they came looking for me, I left the country to Liberia to
save my life, before my arrival here in Ghana. Here are my reasons for
contacting you. Before the death of my mother, she deposited the sum
of $ $11.5.M (Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) with a
security company during when she went to Ghana to purchase her farm
machinery equipment, as if she foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe,
this money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and
chemicals for the farms.




This is why I need your assistance to be a trust worthy foreign
beneficiary that will help me clear the money that is been kept on six
consignment boxes and have it send to your country, so that I can
arrange on how to come over to your country. I am willing to offer you
25% of the Thirty Four Million United States Dollars and the other 75%
you will advice me on how to invest it.




Please, let me know if you can assist me, with your name, mobile
contact and address, so that I can give you more details on how we
shall proceed. I await your urgent response  please treat this information very
confidential.


Please send you reply to my private email contacts (donatusidori@hotmail.com)





Thanks.
Donatus Idori.

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