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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: "MRS. CYNTHIA AUDREY" <acountantaudrey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:32:02 +0200
Subject: From: Mrs. Cynthia Audrey.

Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: audreyfamily1@yahoo.com

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

ATTN: SIR / MADAM,

I am Mrs. Cynthia Audrey, the wife of late Mr. John Audrey who was murdered
by the Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. Before the death of my
husband on the 29th of Oct 2011, he was a Prosperous Tobacco and Coffee
farmer in Zimbabwe and one of the major Sponsor/ Financier of the
opposition party - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe. He was
also the former president of Farmers Co-operative Trade Union in Zimbabwe.

I am writing to you from Johannesburg, South Africa. I got your contact
address through the South African International Information Exchange Centre
and decided to write you. I write to solicit for your special assistance to
a family shattered by a tyrannical government led by the Dictator President
ROBERT MUGABE and his (ZANU-PF) ruling party.

I am probably of the conviction that you are aware of the present situation
in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2002 TILL DATE, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans
and some irate party members to disposes the land being occupied by whites
and some rich farmers who are opposed to his consistent stay in power and
his radical and unnecessary reforms targeted at his political opponents.

This action has led to the killing of some members of the opposition party
including my husband (Late Mr. John Audery), who did not support this
ill-fated action. But before the death of my husband and the consistent
threats to his life, he anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the
sum of US$17.2M (Seventeen Million Two Hundred United States Dollars Only),
to South Africa since it is the nearest neighboring country and deposited
it in a security & Finance company with the intention of using it for the
purchase of new farm machinery and chemicals for Agricultural purposes in
South Africa and purchase of some hectares of land in Swaziland, which is
also a nearby country to Zimbabwe.

On the 29th Oct, 2011, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)
ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him (My Late Husband) to
death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, (JOHN JR) but I
succeeded to work for his escape to a neighboring country, South Africa as
a political asylum seeker (refugee). But his position in South Africa does
not permit him to open an account or normalize this fund for any meaningful
business transaction in South Africa since He does not have a South Africa
Identity Card. That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your
country account so that you will assist him to invest it in your country.

Hence, if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we have
agreed to go into partnership with you and your family or in the
alternative, we offer you 30% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be
for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction,
while 65% will be for our investment in your country as soon as the fund
has been transfer to your account in your country, through your assistance.
You can contact us on the email address below.


Your urgent and confidential response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks. Best regards
Mrs. Cynthia / John Audrey (Jnr)
(For the Family)

Email: audreyfamily1@yahoo.com

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