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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!

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From: <mugabe_100@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james_mugabe_2006@walla.com
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:12:37 +0000
Subject: "AN APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE"

"AN APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE"



PLEASE, KINDLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO THESE EMAIL ADDRESSES ONLY :
E - mail addresses: james_mugabe_2006@safe-mail.net OR
james_mugabe_2006@myway.com



Dear Sir/Madam,



I know this may come as a surprise to you, but permit me to say that, it may
interest you to know that, I am writing following information i received
from one of my friends who runs an information technology consultancy firm.
Although, I did not tell him the details of what i want to do with your
contact, this was long before i flee Zimbabwe for my dear life, but it has
become quite imperative and necessary now to contact you based on the
urgency of the project on ground.



I am JAMES MUGABE, a junior brother to SIR ROBERT MUGABE, the incumbent
president of the Federal Republic of Zimbabwe, and a member of his cabinet
of ministers. I had vehemently opposed my brother and his cabinet of
ministers during the hyneous crack down on white commercial farmers by way
of arrest, arson, maiming and brutalization in Zimbabwe.



Although, the militia has been responsible for some of the worst acts of
violence and brutalization during Zimbabwe’s land crises over the last two
years, even when the white commercial farmers voluntarily left their farms
and properties, the government appeared to target only white commercial
farming communities, it saw as belligerent or uncooperatives,dozens of white
farmers were charged with obstructing the law and were arrested and kept in
police cells and refused or denied bail.


PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM
THE LINKS BELOW.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm



The presidents of America, Britain and the rest of the international
community were seriously against this developments, even the United Nations,
registed their annoyance, meanwhile famine raged unabated in Zimbabwe, one
economist said there was only food available for half the country of
thirteen million people and that, interms of the government eviction order,
white commercial farmers will have to abandon more than sixty five thousand
hectres of their farm lands,crops and properties.



As a result of my uncompromising stand point, as i opposed the government's
obnoxious reforms against the white commercial farmers, i was declared a
rebel and an oppositionist to the government, this caliberated to my being
declared wanted by the government, to save my life i had to run for refuge,
so i am now on exile.



However, before these developments, i was my elder brother’s (Sir Robert
Mugabe) secret banker,so as it is, i have some undisclosed amount of his
money to the tune of millions of dollars stockpiled somewhere in an off -
shore account, but because i am on exile in one of the neighbouring
country's in Africa and cannot travel for now to claim the money, i will
need your assistance to help me claim these funds for our mutual benefit and
sharing.



All i need do is to present or front you as the original owner of the funds,
this i will have to do by changing all the documents to your name for the
funds to be in your favour, but note that it might entail your travelling to
formally finalize this transaction, this of course is under probability,
because, if well arranged, payment could be made to you directly from any of
their correspondence branches closer to your country or alternatively a
certified bank draft or bank cheque will be raised in your favour and paid
to you via their bank.



Please, if this proposal is okay by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of my situation, the trust and confidency i hope to repose and
bestow on you and your company, then kindly get back to me immediately via
these E - mail addresses only :james_mugabe_2006@safe-mail.net OR
james_mugabe_2006@myway.com , furnishing me with your full particulars, that
is, your full name, address, phone and fax numbers, company name and address
(if any) and finally your full banking particulars, so that i can use these
information to apply for the change of ownership/beneficiary status,
release/payment and subseqent transfer of the funds in your favour into the
bank account that you will provide.



In anticipation of your swiftt and favourable response, i thank you.



Yours faithfully,
JAMES MUGABE


N/B: PLEASE, KINDLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO THESE E - mail addresses only :
james_mugabe_2006@safe-mail.net OR james_mugabe_2006@myway.com

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