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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: "Mr. David killarney Family" <david.k@coinservicez.com>
Reply-To: dkillarney@inbox.ru
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:52:14 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP


From: Mr. David killarney Family.
, Johannesburg South Africa.
Tel: + 27-62-171-6865
E-mail: dkillarney@inbox.ru

INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

Attn Sir/Madam,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not
know
me in person, please consider it as a request from a friend; I am Mr.
David
killarney, the first son of Mr. Paul killarney who was recently murdered
in
the land dispute in Zimbabwe. I got your contact information through the
South African online service and decided to write you. Before the death
of
my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$25.
000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) in one of the
private security and finance company, as if he fore saw the looming
danger
in Zimbabwe. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and
chemicals for the farms and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland.

This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe
introduced a new Land Act reform, which wholly affected the rich white
farmers and some few black farmers; this resulted to the killing and mob
action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the Society. In
fact, a lot of people were killed because of this land reformed Act for
which my father was one of the victims. It is against this background
that,
my family and I who are currently staying in South Africa decided to
transfer this money to a foreign country since the law of South Africa
prohibits refugees to open any bank account or to be involved in any
financial transaction.

As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred
into without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking
everything. All I seek for is an honest person/persons, whom I can
entrust
my future and that of my family; I must also let you know that this
transaction is 100% risk free If you accept to assist our family please
contact me with the above telephone number + 27-62-171-6865. This money
I
intend to use for investment and growth in your country. I have two
options
for you, firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the money
for
nominating your account for this transaction, or you can go into
partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in
your country.

Which ever the option you want, feel free to notify me. I have also
mapped
out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses we might incur in the
process of this transaction. If you do not prefer a partnership I am
willing to give you 30% of the money, while the remaining 65% will
remain
for my family use. Finally please treat this matter as urgent. I’m in
dire need to leave this country soonest.

Thanks for your mutual understanding and cooperation.

Best regards,

Mr. David killarney.
{For the family} Tel: + 27-62-171-6865

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