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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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by HZDFYD.com MailServer with ESMTP by
mail.xsedu.zj.cn Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:35:28 GMT
Reply-To: <johnmarch@yahoo.cn>
From: "John Pinto"<jpintosa@gmail.com>
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MATTER
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:35:28 -0700
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charset="Windows-1251"
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X-Priority: 3
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X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

Good day Sir,

I am Mr John Pinto, the son of late Mr Jonas Pinto the former External affair minister in the Government of Angola rebel leader.

At the mid-term of the rebellion which is till this date, my father thinking fast decided to send my younger brother and me out of Angola because the fate of our country was yet to be decided. My brother and I left Angola for South Africa with a total sum of US$118,800,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS), sealed in a diplomatic baggage meant for the purchase of arms from South Africa.

On arrival in South Africa, because we are political asylum seekers, we were not allowed to operate a bank account. So with the instruction of my father, the diplomat deposited the money in a Security Company. Though my father did not reveal the content of the baggage to the diplomat neither did I declare the actual content to them, because me and my brother wanted to be on a safer side. the diplomat told the security company that the baggage belongs to my father's foreign affiliate who is the beneficiary of the item and will come and claim it by itself. Unfortunately, because of my fathers political position and influence he was assassinated.

I need your urgent assistance in claiming this money $118,800,000.00 from security company where is deposited. Feel free to ask questions you consider necessary. The confidentiality in this transaction can not be overemphasized as I trust and believe that you will oblige us the needed security and attention it demands. Please treat this transaction with absolute confidentiality.

Please can you provide me with those details if you are interesting?

(1) Your direct telephone number:
(2) Your direct fax number:
(3) Your Full Names:
(4) Your age:
(5) Your Residential Address:

Regards,

Mr. John Pinto
Email: johnmarch@yahoo.cn
Phone: +27 73 526 9933

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