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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: Lawrence Kabango <lawkaban@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:53:54 +0200
Subject: GREETINGS

12 LOUIS BOTHA ROAD
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

RE: URGENT ASSISTANCE
NEEDED
Dearest Sir/Madam,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a matter of
urgent am desperately looking for a foreign partner whom I can trust to
handle some investment or fund movement.

I am Lawrence Kabango, son of late Mr. Martin Kabango, who was murdered by
the Zimbabwean veterans. I am writing from South Africa. I got your address
from the Internet through the consultancy directory during my search for a
reliable and honest person to transact this business with.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by a
tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling
party-president Robert Mugabe. Because of land and farm land crisis in
Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irate
party members to dispossess the land being occupied by white farmers. This
action has led to the killing of some members of opposition party including
my Father.

Before the death of my Father, he anticipated some dangers and so he
deposited the sum of US$10.5 Million (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in my name with a Security and Finance Company in
South Africa with the intention of I using it to open fertilizer
manufacturing company in our neighboring country (Swaziland) after my
university education.

On the 29th of June 2013, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)
ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him (my Father) to death.
Since then, they have been terrorizing me, but I managed to escape to South
Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee) but my position in South
Africa does not permit me to open an account or run any huge financial
business.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account so
that you will assist me to invest it in your country. Hence, if you agree
to assist me, I will offer you 25% of the money for your assistance, 5%
will be for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this
transaction, while 70% will be for my family investment in your country
under your close supervision.

I need your urgent and confidential response together with your direct
mobile number for hitch-free communication.

Kindly contact me on this number +27 632 796 678 or Email:
lawkaban@gmail.com


Best regards,

Lawrence Kabango
{On behalf of the family}
+27 632 796 678

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