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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: JNFWDK6282@YAHOO.ES
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:43:33 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir

I am looking for a foreign business partner that will assist my family to transfer substantial amount of money to an offshore account for investment, I am Mrs. Julia Ncube the wife of late Mr. Senzo Ncube, who was a commercial farmer and a wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic cities of Zimbabwe.

My husband was among the people that were assassinated by President Robert Mugabe hoodlums during the land dispute that happened in Zimbabwe which exclusively affected the white farmers and some black farmers and this resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people lost their lives because of this land dispute in Zimbabwe.

Before the death of my husband, he lodged the total sum of US$34,000.000.00 (Thirty Four Million U.S. dollars) with a Security Company here in South African and because we are here as asylum seekers, we cannot create bank account or own any business which is why we are pleading with you to help us receive this fund and invest our share in your country. If you will provide your bank account to receive this fund, my family has agreed to offer you thirty percent (30%) of the total fund, while seventy percent (70%) will be for my family investment in your Country.

After the death of my husband, our lives were threatened in Zimbabwe; I decided to relocate my children to South Africa where we live in asylum camp for our protection.

I'm looking forward to your reply,

Julia Ncube
JNFWDK6282@YAHOO.ES
0027 81 011 3700

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