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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: Robert Makusha <robertmakusha13@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To: robertmakusha10@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:35:41 +0200
Subject: FROM ROBERT MAKUSHA



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FROM.DAVID MAKUSHA,

Tel: +27810515639

Dear Friend

we are here with our mother and our younger ones meanwhile we got your
name in
our search for a
foreign partner who will help us as we and our mother status as refugee
cannot
allow us to transfer
our money.

Please accept our apology if this e-mail is embarrassing as you don’t
know
us. Our mother and we
are in need of urgent assistance. I the son and my sisters miss
Rosemary, the
DOUTHTER of Sir, and
David MAKUSHA of Zimbabwe. During the current crises 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 farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party
members. Our father who
was one of the best farmers in our country did not support his idea. And
so
the party members
invaded my father's farms and burnt everything in the farm, and our
father was
beaten up by this
evil men and made away with a lot of properties in our father's farm
company
And the tension was
so much on him he was rushed to a SPECIALIT HOSPITAL in South Africa
along
with us and our
mother and our junior ones we move out of Zimbabwe because our lives
were in
danger. And after
much distress our beloved father died here in South Africa.

But before then, our father handed over to our mother a proof of deposit
slip/Agreement and some
documents which was made between him and A VERY RELIABLE FINANCIAL
SECURITY
COMPANY
here in South Africa on which he deposited the sum of $30M (THIRTY
MILLION
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA DOLLAR)

This money was raised by his farmer's group for the purchasing of
farming
equipments/machineries
before the land dispute Rose. So we decided to make contact with an
overseas
person, who will
assist us to transfer this money out of South Africa, we want to be
there in
your country.

We are here as refugee and our status don’t allow us to stand for the
fund
for transfer, we will like
you to stand as our father’s beneficiary, and with the help of our
father’s financial attorney this
transfer is going to be fast and easy.

Note that for your time and help 35% of this fund is yours and 5% of the
fund
is for any expenses
incurred both locally and internationally in the course of this transfer
and
the remaining 60% is for
our family to start up business in your country with your support.

When you reply we will tell you things you need to do.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU
MR ROBERT AND MISS ROSEMARY MAKUSHA
(FOR THE FAMILY)

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