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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: "MIRJANA MILOSOVIC" <mirjanamilosoviccwpr@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:45:43 +1200
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.


URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL/ AN S.O.S LETTER

Dear Sir/Madam,

I crave for your indulgence and understanding as this Email will obviously
elicits comments from you since it is unsolicited. Kindly pardon my
intrusion. I decided on this method as my life and that of my children are
at great danger.My name is Mrs. Mirjana Markovic, the wife of Late President
Slobodan Milosovic who was "killed" in his cell in the Hague-The Netherlands
on the 11th of March, 2006 by his political enemies.

My late husband was a nationalist who was the President of Serbia from 1989
to 1997 and the elected President of the defunct Republic of Yugoslavia from
1997 till 2000, when he resigned.He has been standing trial for 'ALLEGED"
crimes which were never proved until he was politically murdered in his cell
on the 11th March, 2006. For more information on the life and times of
Slobodan Milosovic kindly click on this BBC and CNN sites :-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4800518.stm.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/13/milosovic/

Due to several threats to our lives we are presently living in exile in
Moscow-Russia.We could not attend the funeral service of our bread
winner,father and husband in Serbia as a result of several death threats.The
need for us to relocate to your country and start a new life after the
political murder of our husband, father and bread winner has become more
compelling. Please consider this letter as an S.O.S {Save-our-Soul}.

With the help of a top diplomat working with the United Nations
Organization{U.N.O} we were able to transport under diplomatic
cover{immunity} the sum of US$25,500,000 Million in CASH from Serbia to a
private Finance and Securities/Cash Handling Company based in Western Europe
for safe keeping. We are offering you an open opportunity to investment this
amount in any profitable business in your country, but be mindful of the
present deplorable plight of my family, so you need to act as quickly as
possible/now and to treat this issue as confidentially as possible.

With the full support,backing and participation of our family
lawyer-Mr.Zdenko Tomanovic,we urgently request that you forward your reply
to our Netherlands based lawyer/Financial consultant-Mr.Pieter Hans Koeman
through his e-mail address :-phkoeman@netscape.net and phkoeman@hotmail.com
with all your personal contacts-Your full name{s},telephone/fax
numbers,email address, personal or company's web-site-www{if any} and a
short statement stating details of yourself, and how you intends to invest
this money in any venture{business} with less risk, but with maximum return.
Our lawyer/Financial adviser will guide you on the modalities for the
collection of this money from the Securities/Cash handling company.

Thanks and God bless you and your family for your anticipated
co-operation,while also urging you to pray for us.


Mrs.Mirjana Markovic-Milosovic

EMAIL:-mirjanamilosovic@netscape.net

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