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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: of ooo <ofooo1@msn.com>
Reply-To: <madamjoy@webmail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:32:20 +0000
Subject: FROM:MRS JOY GABON











FROM:MRS JOY GABON

FAMILY LETTER
Dear Sir,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial;As a matter of urgency, i am desparatel looking for a foriegn partner whom i can trust to handle some investment or fund movement. I am MRS.JOY GABON wife of late MR.GABON JOHN MARTINS, who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and sponsored assasins of the tyrant Robert Mugabe.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by atyrannical 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 irrate party members to disposess the land being occupied by white farmers. This action has led to the killing of some members of opposition party...The MDC including my husband(MR.GABON JOHN MARTINS), who did do not support this ill-fated action. But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of US$15.4m(Fifteen million four hundered Thousand United States Dollars)in the name of our only son LOUIS at a reputable security company in South Africa with the intention of using to open fertilizer manufacturing company among other companies in our neighbouring country (Swaziland )after his university education.

On the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him(my husband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, LOUIS , but he managed to escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee).I and my two daughters are right now in the Republic of South Africa as Assylum refugees because of the social political and economic crises in my country (Zimbabwe) which detoriates everyday by day especially AFTER THIS RECENT VISIT OF THE U.S PRESIDENT G.W.BUSH TO AFRICA AND CONDERMED THE MUGABE'S REGIME. Also, there is massive arrest and five years detainsion of all the protestants and the MDC supporters as ordered by President Robert Mugabe.

Conseqently, our status/position here in South Africa does not permit us to open an account or run any huge financial business. That is why I want this fund to be transferred out of Africa continent (BEFORE IT IS FROOZEN BY THE ROARING LION of the tyrant Robert Mugabe's regime) into your private/company account so that you will assist us to invest it in your country. But before we continue in this transaction, we would have to sign an AGREEMENT for our protection and rights.

Also, i wish to inform you that this transaction is NOT A CHILD'S PLAY and it is 100% REAL AND RISK FREE and been assisted by an international business law firm based here in South Africa and we are looking forward to employing the services of another law firms in USA to prove its transparency and legitimacy and avoid all any interception by the internal, international and multi-national monetary bodies.

Hence,if you agree to assist us, we will offer you 20% of the money for your assistance, 10% will be for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70% will be for our family investment(s) in your country through your assistance.I need your urgent and confidential response.

Best Regards.
MRS JOY GABON.
EMAIL:madamjoymadam@webmail.co.za
Email:madamjoy@webmail.co.za

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