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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • 15097533389joseph_savimbi19@yahoo.es
  • usingjoseph_savimbi19@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: joseph savimbi <josephsavimbi_8162@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <private_drmark_jones@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 16:40:44 -0400
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.



A SUBSIDIARY OF SAVIMBI INVESTMENTS LTD)MADRID-SPAIN.SUBJECT: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.PHONE:+34608076401E-fax.+15097533389joseph_savimbi19@yahoo.es Attn:Sir,
I strongly believe that this message would come to youas a surprise.In fact, it is in respect of the strictconfidence given to me that you are honest andversatile in business that motivated my interest toseek your cooperation in this transaction. My fatheris late General Jonas Savimbi the leader ofrevolutionary group of UNITA rebels in Angola. MyFather made a lot of money through the job but couldnot invest the money immediately to avoid probe by themilitary government. He was able to save the sum of$80m(Eighty Million United States Dollars). Hedeposited this sum with a security firm inMadrid-Spain. The documents used in these depositions,together with the key of the safe, are with my mother. With his death, I came to Madrid-Spain to live with mymother as a refugee but the violence and highincidence of robbery and murder here is alarming.Hence, I am contacting you to assist my mother and mein relocating to your Country. Consequently, I nowseek your cooperation to come to Spain so that we canopen a company account with your Company name here inMadrid, and then the Security company can deposit themoney into the Company account for transfer to anyaccount which you may provide. Again, whereby you cannot come to Spain we can improvise another means toget the funds into your account. You can visitwww.empereur.com/angola.html to really understand myplight.I hope that this proposal will interest you. My mother and I have agreed to give 30% of the totalsum to you while 65% will be for us then, theremaining 3% will be used to offset the bills incurredin the Course of the transfer while 2% will be forcharity. The most important thing is to assist us torelocate to your country to live. However you areadvised to reply me by mail usingjoseph_savimbi19@yahoo.es or E-fax.+15097533389 I await your urgent response as success is guranutee. Regards,Joseph Savimbi.
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