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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: zuma decubo <zudecubo1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:13:46 +0200
Subject: US$20M INVESTMENT PROPOSITIONS

18 Sun height Randburg East
Johannesburg South Africa.



Dear

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a
matter of urgency, I am desperately looking for a foreign partner
Investor, whom I can trust to handle some investment or fund movement.
I am Mr. Zuma Decubo, son of late Mr. Frank Decubo, who was murdered
by the Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. I am writing from
Johannesburg South Africa.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered
by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling
party-president Robert Mugabe. Because of land and farm land crisis in
Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some
irate party members to dispossess the land being occupied by white
farmers.

This action has led to the killing of some members of opposition party
including my father Mr. Frank Decubo. But before the death of my
father, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of
US$20m (Twenty million United States Dollars) in my name, with the
help of reputable security company in South Africa with the intention
of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing company among other
companies in our neighboring country.

The war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party Trooped
into our compound and axed him (my father) to death. Since then, they
have been terrorizing to get hold of me, but we managed to escape to a
neighboring country, South Africa as a political asylum seeker
(Refugee)but our position in South Africa does not permit us to open
an account or run any huge legal financial business to the permit
rules and regulation in South Africa.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private
account overseas, so that you will assist me to invest it in your
country. Hence, if you agree to assist me, I will offer you 30% of the
money for your assistance, while 70% will be for my investment in your
country through your assistance.

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to
you all the information's that will empower your good self in
finalizing the transaction with the security company here in South
Africa I will also send to you the agreement that will protect both
interest. I need your urgent and confidential response.


Best regards,
Mr. Zuma Decubo

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