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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: "PRINCE ZULU ZUMA" <abuoma@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: prnc_zulu@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:32:21 +0000
Subject: RESCURE MY LIFE

GOOD DAY.

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

I BELIEVEYOU ARE GOD FEARING AND RESPONSIBLE TRUST WORTHY PERSON I CAN
DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY MATTER OF TRUST I MUST NOT HESITATE TO OFFER
YOU THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.

I AM MR ZUMA PRINCE,THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE DR AND MRS MANDELA ZUMA , MY
FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY GOLD AND DIAMOND DEALER BASED IN FREE TOWN,
THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA BEFORE HE WAS POISONED
TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS A
BUSINESS DEAL.

WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 2000, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 24TH
NOVEMBER 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL. HE SECRETLY
CALLED ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE DEPOSITED SUM OF US$
12.5.MILLION USDOLLARS AND SOME QUATITY OF DIAMOND WEIGHT 3.2KG RANGED FROM 3 TO
45 CARATS IT'S QUALITY IS VS-I (H COLOUR) AND WORTHS ABOUT
US$IO,000,000 (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY
HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL .

HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY CHILD AS THE NEXT OF KIN DURING THE TIME HE
DEPOSITED THE MONEY AND THE DIAMOND TRUCK BOX THE WHOLE MONEY AND CASH
WAS DEPOSITED AS CONISGNMENT FAMILY TREASURE HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES, AND THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF
MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THE CONSIGNMENT AND INVEST THE MONEY
AND DIAMOND AFTER SALES OF THE DIAMND.

I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
( 1) TO SERVE AS GUARDIAN TO ME) ( 2) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO
COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY.
MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AND %15 FOR
THE DIAMONDS AFTER THE SALE OF THE DIAMOND AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR
EFFORT /INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS CONSIGNMENT DIAMOND BOX
TO YOUR POSITION.
FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I
BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU
SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME ANTICIPATING HEARING FROM YOU
IMMEDIATELY.

THANKS AND GOOD ALLAH BLESS.

BEST REGARDS.

MR ZUMA PRINCE.



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