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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: "Rosemary Gezi" <rosemarygezi0012@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bordergezifamily@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:06:29 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR THE FAMILY

FROM: MRS. ROSEMARY BORDER GEZI
TEL: + 27-83-688-8338
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
 
PLEASE, PLEASE! HELP
 
                    URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR THE FAMILY
 
Please do not be embarrassed to receive this letter especially since we don’t know each other or meet in person before. I was opportune to have your esteemed particulars from South Africa Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.), in my search for a reliable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involve a transfer of fund to your account.
 
My concern has centered on how I could transfer my late husband’s money amounting to US$25.5 MILLION (TWENTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) out of South Africa for a better investment abroad. I AM MRS. ROSEMARY BORDER GEZI, THE WIFE OF COMRADE BORDER GEZI. My husband was the former Zimbabwean Minister for youth, Labor, Agricultures, gender and Employment creation. While alive, my husband stood against seizure of white farms and the distribution of it to the blacks without compensation to the white owners.
 
Because of my husband’s sincerity, he was killed by a planned motor accident along Harare-Masvingo Road near Mvuma Province of Zimbabwe. Before his untimely death, my husband told me some few weeks earlier that he kept one diplomatic box with a private finance and Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa, which contains (US$25.5 Million) with the name of my first son called BENSON BORDER GEZI. He warned that he only declared the contents of the diplomatic box to the Security Company as a family treasure/ values, with insurance values of the said amount. He also told me that he used my son’s name as the beneficiary of this money being his first son. The original document that shows the Deed of lodge, Proof of Deposit, and Depository Agreement between my late father and the Management of the Security Company was kept with a reputable South African Lawyer. Because of South African Financial Law, which bared asylum seeker/ refugee like us not to operate with any account and also coupled with the fear of the amount involved, we decided to write to you to seek your help for this money to be transferred into your company’s or personal bank account, so that my son and I can come to your country and start our investment, which you will handle on our behalf because we haven’t be in any investment before and we shall relied on you in any investment you will seek for us to invest this money.
 
Please indicate your private phone and fax numbers including mobile, which will allow an easy flow of communication. I want to assure you also that this transaction is 100% risk free. As for your reward for this kind assistance, my son and I have decided to offer you 25% of the total sum while 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred in the course of the transaction and every expenses incurred for the smooth transfer of this fund into your account will be reimbursed in your country on our arrival to settle down with you.
 
Please help my son and me out this transaction, please try as soon as possible to contact my son through the above private telephone and fax numbers so that further details on how the transfer will be accomplished into your account can be detailed to you in order for you to help us conclude this future benefit.
 
Please, I do hope that this money will be safe when finally transferred into your account because is the only thing left for us to gain our future by my late husband. I do hope of establishing a good family relationship with you and your family after the conclusion of this transaction into your account. Please contact my son on this email (
bordergezifamily@hotmail.com) God blesses you.
 
Best regards,
 
MRS. ROSEMARY BORDER GEZI
MR. BENSON BORDER GEZI.


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