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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: "GRACE MUGABE." (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:05:26 +0100
Subject: FROM GRACE MUGABE..

Greetings!

I pray you forgive my unsolicited indulgence is writing you this unsolicited mail at this time.

My name is Mrs. Grace Robert Mugabe,the wife of the ousted Ex-President of the former Rhodesia-Zimbabwe.

It is no longer news that my husband and i are no longer in the corridors of power after he had served for a period of 37years.

Politics is not a bad game,but people that play it makes it become a bad one.

I never wanted to become the next President of Zimbabwe,all i wanted was a peaceful transition of Power of the ZANU-PF but the Military misunderstood this and almost staged a peaceful Coup d'etat that saw us leaving and expelled from the ZANU-PF Party,the ruling Party of the Zimbabwe's Politics.

I am writing to inform you of my intentions,i know you have read and seen so mucg about me and my family on the news and internet too.?

I wish to inform you of my heartfelt intentions of building a World Class Tertiary Institution of Higher learning in Honour of My Husband, Robert Gabriel Mugabe.

I would stop here until i hear from you and more details would be revealed.

Yours,
Mrs. Grace Robert Mugabe.

graceemailbox01@gmail.com

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