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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: SARA GENNARI <sara.gennari01@universitadipavia.it>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:09:35 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir

This letter may come to you as a surprise because we have not met before
but borne out of my sincere desire for assistance and to establish a
business relationship with you, I got your contact from my late husbands
archieves, because he had contact with the
International Trade and Commerce(I.T.C) and now that he is dead I believe
you can be able to assist us invest this large sum of money we have in our
possession.

My name is Mrs Janet George, my husband Mr Adams George was a member of the
Zimbabwean ruling council, he was killed in a coup plot by President Robert
Mugabes body guards because he was against the siezure of the whitemen's
farmlands in Zimbabawe.When my husband was alive, he handed over to me a
certificate meant for a secret deposited trunk box which he made in a
security company in madrid spain, he disclosed to me that the trunk box
contains US$ 30 Million Dollars. Shortly after the death of my husband , I
and my children received series of intimidation and harassments from the
hands of President Robert were seized by President Robert Mugabe and
converted to his personal use With the pressure of intimidation and bad
governance, I and my son Paul George. travelled to madrid spain under
refugees status in search of a good friend to my late husband who lives in
the city,we arrived only to discorver that the man has relocated to
somewhere else. It is for this reason we are contacting you, so Sir you
should kindly not feel embarrashed receiving this letter from us.

We have contacted the security company to confirm the deposit and have
established ownership, but was disappointed as it is against section 22 of
the refugees act of no 130 of 1998 of the human right law which stipulates
that asylum seekers will not be allowed to operate a bank account or to owe
an enterprise, We decided to solicit for your assistance in the withdrawal
of the trunk box for investment purposes.

We cannot do it all alone due to our status and we are totally ignorant in
business and investment, you will be given 25% of total sum at the end of
the transaction, if you are trustworthy and interested in the proposal, pls
contact me via e-mail for security reasons for now, immediately for more
details, you must maintain absolute confidentiality at all times to ensure
success because no other person knows that money contains in that box
except me and my son and like we are telling you now.Things required from
you are:1. To come to Madrid so that we can make arrangement to transfer
the money to a safe account which you will provide. 2. To advise me on a
viable sector where we can invest to make good use of the money.

It is important to note that during my fact finding mission to establish
ownership of the subject matter I decided to write you, with all hope that
you will not betray the trust I want to impose on you.

pls contact me via e-mail:janetgeorge01@hotmail.com

I expect your timely response.

Regards

Mrs Janet George.

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