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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: Justina Morgan <justinajustina19@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:20:01 +0100
Subject: Miss Justina Morgan.


You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not
know me personally.I am miss Justina Morgan,the only child of Dr.George
Morgan,my father is the owner of white farmer in Zimbabwe and my
families were murdered in the farm land crisis when
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has called on the country's remaining white farmers to cede land to black people.The president's critics say
his policy of seizing most of Zimbabwe's white-owned farms caused the
country's economic collapse from 2000-2009,You can read the news (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28152477 ) I am writing from (Senegalaise) where i currently based and Before the
death of my father,he deposit the sum of (US$3.9M) Three million,nine
hundred thousand United States dollars in a Finance Firm.Maybe he
for-saw the looming danger in the Zimbabwe.


This money was initially
meant to purchase new machines and chemicals for the farms and also to
establish a new farm  in the Zimbabwe.The farm land problem came when
the Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe,introduced a new Government
decree/act that,affected a lot of whites farmers owners.This resulted to
mob action and killings by Zimbabwe crisis Veterans and some Lunatics
in the society,so to say.

In fact,a lot of people were killed in
the farm land reform act and I have consulted they finance firm about
my father money also to transfer the money out of their custody to any
of my nominee foreign partner abroad since I cannot handle the money,I
know that you are a good person with good heart that is why I disclosed
this matter to you and I know you can help me out,

Please Email me and Let me know your tought toward this matter to enable us proceed on it.

Regards,

Miss Justina Morgan.

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