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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: <>
Reply-To: <mrs.rebeccaanashemagorokosho@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:31:47 +0200
Subject: Fund transfers open the attachment for more details

From: Mrs. Rebecca Anashe Magorokosho
E-mail: Mrs.rebeccaanashemagorokosho@yandex.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

Please do not think this is one of those junk mails you receive in your mailbox, which I myself receive also, but I plead for your tolerance and understanding.

It is true that we have not known ourselves earlier before now or seen in person, but with due respect trust and humility I write you this proposal for assistance

Please do accept my apology if my mail infringes on your personal ethics, you know that anybody in desperate need of help will look for a solution.

I am Mrs. Rebecca Anashe Magorokosho the wife of Mr Silas Hungwe Magorokosho of Zimbabwe. I found your contact while I was doing a private research for a reliable, trustworthy and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my only son to transfer some fund into your bank account, which I believe would be of great interest to you.

This is the brief details about the fund, during the current war 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 and his followers.

My husband who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of the Zimbabwe farmers co-operation did not support his idea, and so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in his farm.

Before the death of my husband, he deposited the sum of Twenty One Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($21,300.000.00 USD) only) in a Security Company in the Republic of South Africa as a valuable item as if he foreseen the looming danger.

This fund was hidden in safe metal big box and the real contents of the box were not disclosed to the company for security reason. So I and my son decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where my late husband deposited the money.

But because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa and the law does not permit us to operate a bank account or transaction of this magnitude. That is the main reason I contacted you to assist me move this money out of South Africa.

After your consideration of this proposal and you are interested to work with me, I and my son have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 70% will be for us to invest in your country.

For further proceedings I will like you to furnish me with your personal phone numbers as to enable me call and relate to you more information regards to the transfer of this fund. You can contact me on the above email address.

You do not need to entertain any fear this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential, also note: that any delay in responding to this mail will give me room to look for another good person for the same purpose.

Thanks and God bless you.
Mrs. Rebecca Anashe Magorokosho

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