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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: "Leroy Kabila Jr." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leroyk1100@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 22:17:28 -0400
Subject: REF: SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

Attention: Sir/Madam,
 
 
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this letter, which I believe would be of great benefit to you and me. I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to a personal or company account for investment purposes. My name is LEROY KABILA, the son of Late MR CHARLES KABILA, who was a Commercial Farmer and very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare , the economic city of Zimbabwe . My Father was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe’s Administration during the land dispute and power tousle that is still going on in Zimbabwe now.
 
 
After the death of my Father, we decided to move out of ZIMBABWE to relocate to the republic of South Africa where I am currently in Asylum because our life was in danger down there in Zimbabwe . Before the death of my father he had deposited the sum of US$40,000.000.00 (Forty Million United States Dollars). With a security firm that also runs a financial outfit here in South Africa . The Money was deposit by my late Father with the security firm as “Valuables” belonging to his foreign partner who was also murdered during the Zimbabwe land dispute massacre.
 
 
This money was meant for the purchase of new farming equipment such as tractor machines and chemicals etc for the farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Botswana . We are presently in South Africa as Refugee (Asylum Seekers) and as such the law of South Africa does not permit us to operate or open any bank account here in South Africa or be involved in any financial transaction with the bank without proper residential documents and permits which has not been given to us.
 
 
As a matter of urgency I am seeking your assistance to help me and my family to secure the money with the security company on our behalf. You will also assist me and my family to come to your country to start a new life and business over there because we can not afford to risk our lives staying back here in Africa any longer with the kind of political and economic crises that is looming the continent. I and my family deserve a better life with the money my late father has left behind for us and really wish to invest it abroad where our future will be guaranteed unlike here in Africa .
 
 
We are ready to offer you up to 30% of the total amount for accepting and assisting us through with this venture. Contact me immediately if you are interested and willing to work with my family to actualizing this dream; you will be given all the detailed information you need to know about this transaction, as soon as you contact me with the above contact details. Later on details of the cash deposit with the security firm will be made available to you and other proofs of documentation with the power of attorney which will be given to you by my family as our late father’s business partner
 
 
I anticipate your quick response.
 
 
 
 
Leroy Kabila Jr.
(For and on Behalf of the Family)

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