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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: Michael Makhoba <mmkhoba@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 04:56:32 +0200
Subject: Greetings from Jacob!!

Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email Address: jdumisai@outlook.com <jdumisai@gmail.com>


Dear sir/mam,

Good day, I am Mr. Jacob Dumisai, the elder son of Michael Dumisai of
Zimbabwe. Please be patient to read this message despite we haven't met
before now. During the land reclaim violence against the farmers in
Zimbabwe some few years back by our President, ROBERT MUGABE, he ordered
all the white and black farmers to surrender their farms to his party
members and his followers. My father was one of the farmers in our country,
and because he did not support this idea, President ROBERT MUGABE'S
supporters invaded my father's farm, burnt everything in it, killed my
father and confiscated all his properties.

After the burial of my father, I decided to move out of Zimbabwe because my
life was in danger. With the little money I raised, I decided to leave for
South Africa because I had knowledge of a particular deposit which my
father made into a private security and finance company, since his accounts
and properties have been frozen in my country. The deposit is worth
US$21.5Million (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars). I have been living in South Africa as a refugee, while looking
for someone who can help me to claim the funds from the security company.
With the current xenophobic attacks on foreigners all over South Africa, I
have decided to move elsewhere with the assistance of a foreign partner to
help me invest this money in his country.

However, I am unable to get these funds out of South Africa because of my
status as a political refugee. Having spoken to a lawyer in my church, I
need a foreign partner like you to help me in this process. If you are
interested in helping me out, do contact me with your details (full names,
telephone numbers with dialing code, country of residence) only through my
direct e-mail address: jdumisai@outlook.com

I will furnish you with more details if you reply positively. I am willing
to give you 30% of this money for assisting me while the remaining 70% will
be for me and my family, which you will help us invest in your country. Be
informed that this transaction needs utmost trust and confidentiality and
will only take about 5 working days to be concluded. This transaction
attracts no risk on your side since all the modalities of a safe and
successful transaction has been arranged.

I look forward to establishing a good relationship with you.

Best regards.

Mr. Jacob Dumisai.
(For the entire family).

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