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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: "Robert Kasani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rob.kasani@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 08:27:30 -0500
Subject: From Robert (Treat as urgent).

Dear Friend,
 
 
Good day and I trust you are doing well.
 
With due respect, trust and humility, I am writing this message to you, which I believe would be of great benefit to you and me. I am looking for a reliable and credible foreign partner that will assist me to transfer fund to a personal or company account for investment purposes. My late father was a Commercial Farmer and very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe. My Father was assassinated with my Mom and only sister in car accident in 2014 by the suspected President Mugabes heat squad because of my late fathers continuous opposition to the land reform system and his association with the white framers and his support to the leading opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai.
 
After I lost my family to that tragic accident, I decided to move out of ZIMBABWE and relocate to the republic of South Africa because I was really concerned over my life after getting numerous telephone calls of people threatening me. It was difficult for me to continue with the farm business back at home because of government interest and things were really getting bad before I decided to move to South Africa where I am currently residing as an asylum resident.
 
Earlier in 2014 my late father had made a special arrangement with a Security Company to move two trunk boxes for safe keeps with their vault facility in South Africa. This decision was made by my father after he had noticed several assassination attempts on his life hence his intention to move his business and family to Swaziland. The content of the two trunk boxes is a cash sum of USD35, 000,000.00 which was deposited with the security firm as “Precious items and Artefacts” without actual disclosure of the contents of the trunks to the security company.
 
This money was meant for the purchase of new farming equipment such as tractor machines etc for the establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Botswana respectively which never came to materialise due to the death of my father.
 
As a matter of urgency I am seeking for your assistance to help me to secure the money with the security company on my behalf. You will also assist me to relocate to your country to start a new life and business over there because I can not afford to risk my life staying back here in Africa any longer.
 
I also intend to invest the money into your existing business thereby making it easier for us to bring the money into your country as investors fund. The business proposal as a share holder or partner in your business will be structured at the time of completion of fund transfer to your overseas bank account. If the partnership proposal is not acceptable to you, I would then invest into real estate properties.
 
I will be willing to offer you 20% of the total amount if you accept to help and support me to secure this fund overseas for onward investment; meanwhile I will be willing to invest over 70% of my shares in your already existing business if you would agree to that.
 
I have notified the security company of my intention to collect the trunk boxes and that request has been granted pending when I am ready. Once I receive your response more details will be made available to you if you give me your consent to proceed.
 
Please in response provide me with your full names and telephone number(s) so that I will call you immediately for a follow up.
 
 
Best Regard,
 
Robert Kasani.
(The number to reach me is +27733840259)

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