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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: engrdonatus idori <engr.donatus@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 02:56:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: with due respect and regards greetings!


PLEASE READ IN GOOD FAITH.



with due respect and regards greetings! For this letter is strictly
personal, intimate and confidential. Forgive this unusual manner of
contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very
private nature.

There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your
heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that, so many
miscreants and impostors (scammers) have taken possession of the
internet to facilitate their
nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine and
legitimate business class persons to get attention and recognition.

I pray that God will grant you the willingness and interest to digest
this humble narrations though it might be so surprise and strange to
believe my story but i knew by the grace of God you will
humbly understood and accept to proceed with my proposal though we
have not met or seen each other before.

Please help me, my name is clemement donatus 23 yrs old a third year
petrochemical engineer student, I am the only
son of Chief Mrs. Kate. Victor 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 out 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 $ 34,000,000.00 (Thirty Four million 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 my trust worthy foreign
beneficiary that will help me clear the money that is been kept in a
security company for long now,and have it transfer to your country, so that I can
arrange on how to come over to your country and start my school again. I am willing to offer you
25% of the Thirty Four Million United States Dollars for your
assistance and the other 75% you will invest it for me.


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  response.please send your reply to my private email <engr.donatus@yahoo.com>



Thanks.
clement donatus.

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