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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: savimbi190@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 03:20:17 +0100
Subject: REPLY ASAP

Attention:

I got your contact in my search for a trustworthy foreigner that will
assist me with my present predicament, as I don?t even know whom to
trust so I allowed the spirit of God to lead me.

Firstly let me introduce my self. I am Mrs. Rosa Jonas Savimbi, wife
of the late leader of the National Union of the total Liberation of
Angola (U.N.I.T.A) who died on the February 22 2002 by the bullet of
the ruling government troop.

My late husband was controlling the northern part of Angola as a
rebel leader which is blessed with a huge deposit of diamonds this my
late husband used to his advantage, mining and selling these diamond
to foreign individuals and government in return for huge amount of US
Dollars and ammunitions that is part of the reasons couple with
determination why he was able to sustain his troop for 30 years of
civil war before his untimely death

He left a huge amount of money which amount to $100m (United state
dollars) he kept the money under my care in case of eventuality so
that the future of me and our children will be secure. when we heard
the bad news of his death his trusted aid moved me and the children
and members of our family out of our hiding, we traveled in a fishing
boat to Port Lois Mauritius from where I am making this contact.,
The money has been coded and secretly deposited in a security company
and declared as ?FAMILY TREASURE? for onward courier to reliable
foreigner in an advanced economy like your country for safe keep.

I am offering you 30% of the total money if you will assist me to
move this money out of Mauritius as the foreign beneficiary and
provide a safe account, while I and my family will have 70%. I am
assuring you that this transaction is risk free as we have put all
the logistics in place to make it successful all we need from you is
your co-operation and sincerity of purpose.

You will be contacting my brother in-law Robert Savimbi for more
details on how you are going to assist us conclude this transaction
I gave him authority to assist me due to health reasons I am
recovering from a traumatic attack since the death of my husband. I
will wait for your response, thank you and God bless.

Mrs.Rosa Jonas Savimbi

NB.....................
GET BACK TO ME TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS (savimbi190@yahoo.co.uk) I
WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR UNGENT REPLY WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR ROBERT
TELL HIM THAT YOU ARE CALLING ON BEHALF OF MADAM AGNES LETTER OF
ASSISTANCE




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