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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: mrsa della <mrsadella05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrsadella12@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:08:07 -0400
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED FROM YOU/ASSISTANCE



DEAR SIR/MAI am really sorry if this mail gets to you withoutany notice. As a matter of urgency, I want you toadvice me on what investment opportunities you canassist me on. It has become really difficult to geta reliable investor to assist me because of the rateof scams that I hear about.

This letter may come to you as a surprise because wehave not met before but borne out of my sinceredesire for assistance and to establish a businessrelationship with you, I believe you can be able toassist me,My name is Mrs. ADELLA CHIMINYA, myhusband Mr. SOLOMON T. CHIMIINYA (of a blessedmemory)was a front line member of movement fordemocratic change (MD C)and the campaign manager forthe opposition leader.

Mr. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI,in zimbabwe he was torturedand was burned alive in his car,near Buhera,westernZimbabwe by President Robert Mugabe and his groupduring the last run up election in june 2003parliamentary as you can see in this sitehttp://www.zimbabwesituation.com/nov2_2001.html .Before his death,he deposited a reasonable amount ofmoney which was supossed to be for his politicalambition,in a country that I will not expose to younow,as this is my first communication to you. I wantto use the fund for any capital investment in yourcountry as you might want to advise since zimbabweis no longer safe for me.

You need to get back to me,so that we can discussfor business dealings, I am sure it is going to payus good. I expect your timely response, we canjointly go into any profitable business management.Please, even if you dont want to assist me, keepthis story secret for my husband's enemies are stillhunting me and my two kidsGod bless you.RegardsMrs ADELLA CHIMINYA

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