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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: "Sainah Samorah" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:06:11 -0700
Subject: Essential....

Mrs. Angela Campbell and (Family).
Address:46 Samora Avenue. Harare Zimbabwe.
My Dear,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to his personal or company account for investment purposes, I am Mrs. Sainah Samorah, the wife of Late MR. JOHNSON SAMORAH , (ZANU-PF) who was a Commercial Farmer and very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe.
My husband was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe Administration during the land dispute that just happened in Zimbabwe wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black’s 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 were killed because of this land reformed Act.
After the death of my husband, we decided to move out of ZIMBABWE because our lives were in danger. But before the death of my husband he deposited the sum of Fifteen Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.00) in Security Company in Europe In the cause of moving the fund to any place my family has agreed to offer you 30% of the total fund for your assistant, while 70% will be for our investment in your Company/Country. I shall send you the contact of the Security Company to enable you deal with them directly. I will also send you all the necessary documents concerning this transaction.
I and my Family were restricted from every Net Work. So we can not communicate via telephone or Fax. The only way to communicate with you is via Email. REQUIREMENT: What I expect from you in your reply are the following, Please if you are interested to work with us, kindly send me the below details in order for us to proceed ahead.
(1) Your full name surname /Company name if any.
(2) Your receiving address/Company address if any.
(3) Your direct telephone, fax and mobile numbers where the security company will reach you.
(4) Your personal company / Work profile
(5) Suggest what investment you would like us to invest on and you can contact me through my private email. ssainahsamorah@outlook.com
Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolute confidentiality is required for the safety of my family and the fund, and do email me for notice Immediately you receive this proposal.
We can apply for the delivery in Paris France, Brussels Belgium, Netherlands, Montreal Canada and Spain since they have Affiliate offices over there.
Thanks and God bless you
Mrs. Angela Campbell and (Family).

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