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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: MISS.MICHELLE NDLOVU" <mango@att.net>
Reply-To: michellendlo1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:14:47 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: we cry for help





FROM: MISS.MICHELLE NDLOVU
12 Johnson Street Salt River Cape Town South Africa
Tel: +27 783828508
Email Address (michellendlo1@gmail.com)

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

we are here with our mother and our younger ones meanwhile we got your
email address in our search for a foreign partner who will help us as we
and our mother status as refugee cannot allow us to transfer our money.
Please accept our apology if this e-mail is embarrassing as you don't know
us. Our mother MRS.RITA NDLOVU and we are in need of urgent assistance. I
the Daughter MISS. MICHELLE NDLOVU and my brother PETER NDLOVU, the
DAUGHTER OF LATE MR. DAVID NDLOVU, of Zimbabwe.

I am probably of the view that you are aware of the present political
situation in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the Land/Farm reform Act and
political crisis in Zimbabwe currently. Before the death of my father, he
was a Prosperous Tobacco farmer and the Former President of the Commercial
Farmers Union and one of the Major Sponsor of the Opposition Party
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe I am writing to you
together with my family presently in South Africa where we have taken
refugee.

I got your contact from online directory service and decided to write this
letter for your assistance. I write to solicit for your special assistance
to invest our Family fund in your country through your assistance in view
of the existing peace in your country. Before the death of my father and
the consistent threats to his life because of his outstanding and vocal
position against the government of President Robert Mugabe, He moved out
the sum of US$35.5Million, (Thirty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest
neighboring country and deposited it in a save security and Trust Firm
company.

Since the death of father, there have been threat to our life, but I
succeeded to work for our escape to South Africa as a political asylum
seeker since that was the only option left for my family. In view of this
development, our position in South Africa do not permit us to normalize
this fund for any meaningful business investment in South Africa since we
live in South Africa on a refugee status, and the financial policies of
this country do not permit us, we are soliciting for your help as a
foreign partner. That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your
Nominated account so that you will assist us to invest it in your country
in any meaningful business venture.

Hence, if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we can go
into partnership with you and your family the moment this fund is moved
or transferred out of South Africa or in the alternative, we offer you
35% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for the possible
expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 60% will be
for my family investment in your country, through your assistance.
I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/money.
Money made after years of our family investment in farming but we will
appreciate it if you will maintain a high level of confidentiality because
I and my family do not want to be traced by the agents of the ruling party
where we are staying presently.

If you are interested in assisting us, kindly contact us with the above
Telephone Number or Email address so that we can discuss further on the
process to facilitate the movement of this fund. Or send to us your
Telephone and Fax numbers. Please call me as soon as you send us mail. I
need your urgent and confidential response.

Best Regards,

______________________________
MISS. MICHELLE NDLOVU

(FOR THE FAMILY)



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