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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: "Angela Campbell" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:21:29 -0700
Subject: request!

My Dear,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to his personal or company account for investment purposes, I am Mrs. Angela Campbell, the wife of Late Mr. Mike Campbell , (ZANU-PF) who was a Commercial Farmer and cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe.
My husband was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe Administration during the land dispute that just happened in Zimbabwe wholly affected the white farmers and some few black’s farmers and this resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people were killed because of this land reformed Act.
Please for further details, kindly email me with your direct contact informations to my private email address: angelacamp2019@outlook.com
Please do notify me Immediately you receive this proposal.
Thanks and God bless you
Mrs. Angela Campbell and (Family).

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