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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: A Very Good Day <meller@t-online.hu>
Reply-To: gerabenard@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:26:23 +0200
Subject:



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MR.GERAD BENARD
Johannesburg 2001 South Africa
Tel: +27 63 479 2208
Alt: Email: gerabenard@gmail.com

Attn: Director/C.E.O,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me, since you don’t
know me personally. I am MR.GERAD BENARD, the first son of MR.BUNGANI
BENARD, who was murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. Before the
death of my father, (MR.BUNGANI BENARD) he had taken me to
Johannesburg to deposit the sum of TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(US$10M), in one of the private security companies in Johannesburg
South Africa, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.

This money was deposited in a box as family treasure to avoid much
demurrage from the Security Company. This Money 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, I and my family who are currently
staying in South Africa decided to transfer my father’s 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
throughout the territorial zones of South Africa. As the eldest son of
my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine
foreign partner who will help us transfer this fund out of South
Africa. All I seek for is an honest businessman, whom I can entrust my
future and that of my family; I must also let you know that this
transaction is 100% risks free.

If you accept to assist me and my family all I want from you is for
you to make arrangements and come to Johannesburg-South Africa, so
that you can help me open a non-resident account in your name which
will aid us in transferring the money into any account you’ll nominate
overseas. 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. 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 25% of
this money while the remaining 70% will remain for my family and me.
If you are willing to assist me kindly call me on the numbers above or
you can send me a fax immediately Furnishing me with your personal
telephone and fax numbers for easier communication on this effect.

Finally, please treat this matter as very urgent and confidential.

May God Bless You

You’re sincerely,
MR.GERAD BENARD,
PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm

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