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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: "From:James Loyd"<james@macau.ctm.net>
Reply-To: jamesloyd1@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:35:28 +0100
Subject: Investment proposal

From:James Loyd
Email: jamesloyd1@yandex.com
CONFIDENTIAL INVESTMENT
Attn; Sir/Madam,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I find your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family to transfer funds to your personal or company bank account for Investment purposes.
I am James Loyd the first son of Late Mr. John Loyd of blessed memory and the "Chairman" of the farmer’s co-operation in Zimbabwe. My late father was among the few blacks that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe during the land dispute that just happened in Zimbabwe. After the death of my father, we decided to move out from Zimbabwe because our live were in danger and insecure as my father was the target and we reasoned that our continued stay in Zimbabwe would eliminate our dear lives, thus we flew the country.
Before the death of my father, he went to South Africa and deposited the sum of thirty five million United States Dollars ($35m) in a private security company in Johannesburg. This money was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Lesotho. Before his death, he was a major share holder of companies in Zimbabwe. After he died, we moved to South Africa with all the necessary documents related to this fund. We are here now as asylum seekers and as such the law of South Africa does not permit us to operate or open any bank account here in South Africa or be involved in any financial transaction with the bank.
That is why we contacted you so that we will transfer the money in the security company to your bank account as we have planned a successful transfer.
We are ready to compensate you with 20% of the total funds for accepting to assist us,5% will be used for any unforeseen situation during the transfer while 75% will be for my family’s investment in your country.
Should you be ready to assist us as explained, kindly sent your contact details to me and the area of investment that you may wish us to invest in your country that is profitable.
Upon receiving your acceptance and willingness to assist us , I will be glad to give you more clarification on the modalities needed for smooth successful completion of this transaction.
Thanks in anticipation.
Mr.James Loyd
Contact Email: jamesloyd1@yandex.com

(For the family)

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