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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: "Mr. Goodnews Mzizi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <goodnews_mzizi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:53:09 +0530
Subject: PLEASE WITH URGENT REPLY.

Dear sir/madam,

To whom it may concern, I kindly want to put in notice before you, my name is Mr. Goodnews Mzizi a citizen of Zimbabwean Africa Region, I am here in India presently seeking for a reliable and trust worthy fellow to assist me of my late father fund, which I transferred from HSBC Bank of Zimbabwe to Reserve Bank of India, foreign remittent Department (R.B.I) For an investment purpose, Please I need your assistance in the following ways.

1). to assist me search for a profitable business like real estate investment or other profitable business in India where I can invest my late father fund also we can be a business partner.

2). To assist me purchase a living home, because my advocate advice me to move out of Africa due to my family property problem, I have( Six point two million dollars ($ 6.2m) here in Reserve Bank of India, I have done a reasonable research, and find out that is not easy for a foreigner to have an account for such a huge amount, so I want you as a citizen of India to assist me by transferring this funds into your local Bank account.

3). 15% percent will be offer to you for your kind assistance, While 5% will be set aside for any expenses you make during the process of the transfer.

.For proper verification you can confirm the death of my late father by clicking on this web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Please if you are interested do contact me as soon as possible. Thanks for your co. Operation.

My personal number: +91-865-515-5794

E-mail id: goodnews_mzizi@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Mr. Goodnews Mzizi























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