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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: Lilian Dube <liliandube010@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:16:07 +0200
Subject: Greetings


MRS. LILIAN DUBE

JOHANNESBURG,

SOUTH AFRICA.



Good day Sir/Madam,



With due respect trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I
believe it will be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I
was searching for a reliable and capable foreign partner who will assist my
family and me to retrieve and transfer our family funds to a foreign bank
account; that's why I contacted you. I am MRS. LILIAN DUBE the wife of Late
MR. JOSEPH DUBE of Zimbabwe.



During the war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our
president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country,
all the white and black farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to
his party members and his followers. My husband who was one of the rich
farmers in our country and treasurer of the farmer's Co-operation did not
support his idea and so the party members invaded my husband's farms and
burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of
items in my husband's farm. After the death of my husband, my children and
I decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger.



Before my husband’s death, he deposited the sum of US$8M (EIGHT MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) with a security company in the Republic of South
Africa. The money was meant for the purchase of fertilizers and other farm
equipments, although he specifically made the deposit as family valuable
items. So I decided to make contact with an overseas partner/firm who will
assist us to move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum
seekers here in South Africa and the laws do not permit us to open a bank
account or even invest in any business due to our status. Beside, due to
the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners here in South Africa, we feel
it is no longer safe for us to live here.



So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the
total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will
be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction
while the remaining 70% will be for my family to invest in your country.



NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and requires absolute
confidentiality. If you are interested to help my family, you should
contact my son MR. FRANCIS with the above e-mail as soon as possible (
*francisdube@outlook.com* <francisdube@outlook.com> ) for more
explanations on how to complete the project.





Thanks and God bless you.



*MRS.LILIAN DUBE*

(FOR THE FAMILY)

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