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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: Dianne Jonas Savimbi <diannejonas_savimbi@yahoo.pt>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 08:31:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Mrs. Dianne Jonas Savimbi



ME AND MY FAMILY NEED YOUR HONEST PARTNERSHIP FOR FUND TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT
 
Sub: Top secret, keep confidentiality For Security Reasons.
 
Beloved, This letter might appear to you as a surprise but I really prayed to God to guide me choose somebody that will be a reliable honest partner, a person who has a fear of God that cannot betray my remaining bereaved family and me as I don’t even know whom to trust so I allowed God spirit to lead me.
 
I am Mrs. Dianne Jonas Savimbi; wife of the late leader of the National Union of the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA) after surviving more than a dozen assassination attempts, my husband, Savimbi was killed four years later, in February 2002, in a battle with Angolan government troops.
 
Two weeks before my late husband died, he called me and reveals the existence of US$25,765.000.00 (Twenty five Million, seven Hundred and sixty five Thousand United States Dollars) being deposited in a 11 years fixed suspense account with the bank in Ivory Coast. This money was income accrue from the sale of Gold & Diamond. When the Troops killed my husband, my husband trusted aid moved me and members of our family out on hiding, but unfortunately my elder son and myself were caught and place under house arrest. Luckily to us, my second son being sharp and clever has escaped through where he resides now as a political refugee in Ivory Coast.
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My son in Ivory Coast has a problem the labour of Ivory Coast does not permit an asylum seeker (Refugee) the right to financial transaction. This was the basic reason why I decide to contact you, so that you will stand as the beneficiary of the funds, we are prepared to transfer the ownership of the funds to your name. 35% of the total money goes to you, as a commission for your services, while 65% goes to my family, which we intend to invest in your Country, immediately we are being released from house arrest.
 
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, Confidentiality and sincerity of purpose. You will be contacting my son Mark Jones Savimbi on his details below for more details on how you are going to assist us conclude this transaction. I will wait for your response through my son, thank you and God bless.
Name: Mark Jones Savimbi
Tel No: +225 556 56 726
REPLY TO Emai; marksavimbi1@yahoo.pt
In your email to my son Mark Jones Savimbi, kindly forward to him the following: 1 Your Full Name 2.Your Contact (Home) Address 3.Your Telephone and Fax number Thanks and may the almighty father guide us through.
Thank you. Mrs. Dianne Jonas Savimbi


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