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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: From Anthony Hobson <anthonyhobson121@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anthony2hobson@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 08:55:51 +0200
Subject: Please Read And Get Back For More Details

*From Anthony Hobson JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA. Having obtained your
contact from the internet that you deserve trust, coupled with my deep
interest to invest in your country, I decided to contact and solicit your
Mutual assistance at all cost. Please accept my apology if this e-mail is
embarrassing you as you don't know me. I am Mr. Anthony Hobson, the only
son Of Sir, DAVID HOBSON of Zimbabwe. During the current crises against
farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE to
claim all the white Owned Farms in our country. All the white farmers were
ordered to surrender their farms to his party members, My Father who was
one of the best farmers in our country did not support his idea, and so the
party members invaded my father's farms and burnt everything in the farm,
and My father was beaten up by this evil men and made away with a lot of
properties in My father's farm company and the tension was so much on him
he was rushed to a SPECIAL HOSPITAL in South Africa along with me and my
Sister, we moved out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger, and
after much distress my beloved father Died here in South Africa. But before
then, my father handed over to me a proof of deposit Slip/Agreement and
some documents which were made between him and SECURITY/FINANCE COMPANY
here in South Africa on which he deposited the sum OF $26M (TWENTY SIX
MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS. This money was raised by his
farmer's group for the purchasing of farming Equipments/machinery before
the land dispute rose. So we decided to make contact with you to assist us
transfer this money out of South Africa, We're here as refugee and our
status doesn't allow us to stand for the fund for transfer, all we want
from you is to stand as my father's beneficiary with the help of my
father's friend who is a banker here for fast and easy transfer. Note that
for your time and help, 25% of this total fund is yours and 5% of the fund
is for any expenses that will be incurred both locally and internationally
in the Course of this transfer and the remaining 70% is for my family to
start up a Business in your country with your support. We're expecting to
hear from you to my e-mail address anthony2hobson@yahoo.com
<anthony2hobson@yahoo.com> as soon as possible for more details*



*Thank you Mr. Anthony Hobson.*

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