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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: "MRS. GRACE RICHARD" <mrs.grace_richard16@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:11:27 +0200 (added by postmaster@outrelay05.libero.it)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANT

JumboMAIL

Benvenuto nel servizio JumboMAIL  

Ciao bille@summitindustries.net,
mrs.grace_richard16@libero.it ti ha inviato una JumboMAIL con i seguenti allegati:

MY PROPOSAL..docx (19223 byte)

Per scaricare i file clicca qui:

http://posta.libero.it/cp/ps/Mail/huge/pickup?a=MSYB097D5H1GMS4E7PSOXXZN&b=4342482e3d

Ti ricordiamo che questo link sarà valido fino al 12.7.2014 alle 14:11.

Il testo del messaggio:

Good Day,

 

I guess this letter might come to you as a surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you, but I am writing you this letter with due respect, trust and heart full of tears, I am Mrs. Grace Richard, I got your contact through the South African Information Exchange and I decided to ask for your assistance. I am leaving here in South Africa since last year with my {4} children {3} Girls {1} Boy.

 

My late Husband Mr. Robert Richard was a very rich business man in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, my Husband was shot on the 30th march last year on his way going to the Lusaka international airport as he was traveling to Angola, he eventually died on 2nd April in Lusaka General Hospital Zambia, before his death, he drew my attention with my {4} children that he has the sum of (US$19.5m),Nineteen million five hundred thousand United State Dollars which he deposited in one Private Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa where he usually do his international business. The Money was deposited in one box as a consignment and was declared as a family treasure with the security company to avoid seizure and also to avoid high demurrage from the security company. My late Husband was one of the chief executive directors in National Gas and Oil Company in Lusaka Zambia and he made his money from the Company.

 

He also told me that it was because of this money he was shot by his business partners, while he was on a business trip to Angola with them. And he instructed me and my children to look for a foreign partner who has God fearing to assist us to transfer these funds (US$19.5m) out of the Republic of South Africa and invest it for his family. All the entire documents my late Husband signed with the security company are with me. Since my Husband died we are leaving in South Africa as an Asylum Seekers. My purpose of contacting you is to assist my family in this painful situation and transfer this money to your country, before all those Assassins who killed my Lovely Husband find out that we are leaving in South Africa.

 

Those Assassins who killed my husband are also after my family’s life and they want to kill us and claim this money from the security company, why because some of my late Husband friends knows that my husband has money with one Private Security Company here in South Africa, that’s why we are hiding ourselves here in South Africa so that they will not see us. Please if my family proposal is accepted by you, we promise to compensate you with 25%, of the total money which is your share for assisting us in transferring this money to your nominated bank account in your country, and 5% for any expenses that might be incurred in the course of the transaction. Then the remaining 70% will be for my family, which you will help us to invest in your country.

 

I will like you to furnish me with your details such as your full name, country, mobile number, occupation, age and marital status. Please you can contact my son Mr. Frank Richard through below information.

 

Email: mrs.grace_richard@aol.com

 

Mobile number: +27 847 836 489

 

All we require is your honest & kind co-operation. I will give you further details as soon as you show interest in helping us.

 

I wait for your kind consideration to my proposal.

 

Best Regards,

 

Mrs. Grace Richard.

 

 


 

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