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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: "MRS. RITA EDWARDS" <mrsedrita@technisamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:11:57 +0100
Subject: Would you help?

MRS. RITA EDWARDS

E-mail:mrsedrita@technisamail.co.za

My Dear,

I am Mrs. Rita Edwards. Wife of late John Edwards, a successful Zimbabwe white
farmer my husband was murdered while struggling against the confiscation of farmland and
properties owned by white farmers in Zimbabwe, asking us to surrender our farmlands/properties and
funds generated through farming to black indigenous farmers

My aim of contacting you is to solicit your partnership for a claim and investment
of $10.000,000. (Ten Million United States Dollars) into a lucrative business in your country.

Find more stories here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1210883.stm



Send your reply through my Lawyer indicating your willingness; I will send through
him all relevant information and documents to back you up for a hitch free transfer of the fund.



Barrister: David Zazu

Email: office_zazuchambers@yahoo.com



Yours truly,

Mrs Rita Edwards





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