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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: Kwame Josephine <kwamejosephine1@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <josephinekwame2@rediffmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:47:02 +0000
Subject: Please this letter is strictly personal,


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 reason of the almighty you will humbly understood and accept to proceed with my proposal though we have not met or seen each other before but i came to you in good faith with the fear of God.

Please help me, my name is Josephine Donatus 18 yrs old, I am the only Daughter of Chief Mrs. Kate. 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 after six months of my fathers death; I have to travel out of 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 on consignment boxes and have it send to your account in your country, and help me arrange on how to come over to your country. I am willing to offer you 25% of the Thirty Four Million United States Dollars for your assistance and 5% will be for any expenses you make the other 70% you will help me to invest it in any profitable investment of your choice and assist me manage the investment while i will like to continue my education when i come over to your country.


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 urgent response on my
email: (josephine.kwame@yahoo.com) please treat this information very confidential.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Josephine K.donatus



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