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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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Fraud email example:

From: madam_rosa54@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:58:07 +0000
Subject: Vital Information

Tel : + 874 763 432 270
Fax : + 874 763 432 271
Email : osasavimbi@circlemail.com
mdmrosasavimbi@katamail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

How are you and your family ? Hope is well you, That?s fine. Please Pardon
me,
as l know you don?t know me, l got your contact search through the directory,
But this is a opportunity /chance for us to know each other.
I am seeking your assistance in a transaction that involves my family's,

I have to send you this mail because and I know you must be a busy person
and
you might find it difficult to reply my mails, but if You can give me your
number l can call you at your convenient free time.

My previous mails contained information about the assistance i needed from
you to assists my family, I am a widow with 2 kids and my brother In-law
Richmond. We are from Angola, I lost my husband during that process in Angola,
This is the reason why l have to contact you for assistances. We could no
longer stay in Angola due to some circumstances beyond our control. My husband
being a Traditional Ruler, at the time of his handing over the post to the
next
man, He got Involved in some sort of miss-understanding that lead to his
sudden
death.

We had to leave because the place was no longer safe for me and my family
at
large, Just for the future of my family.
We had to leave for Mauritius to escape the Pressure, and knowing fully
well,
how hard it was going be for us in another world, An Island in the Indian

ocean. From here we have been trying to contact you via the internet and
its
not being easy getting across to you, But l have hope we would get connected
to you some day.

From here we have also managed to radio our friends and sympathizers back
in Angola. With the help of Richmond my brother In-law. We managed to get
some Money to start our lives afresh, The little income will generated from
the land area my husband had. and we sold and some, we had Precious Stones
Mining Sites. We had to let all that go down the drain, But we made Eighteen

Million US Dollars for selling out all we hope on, so our only hope is this
money.

We had to lodge the funds under the security of a security outfit here in
Mauritius, which is our present location, we were making arrangements to
contact for assistances, so you can help us in getting this funds overseas,
so
we could start a new life.

Please we are innocent people trying to make a Living. We need a change
of
Environment because we have seen the worst here and For the children most
especially, I feel they need to re-locate .with the funds we have managed
to
raise and your help, I believe you would be saving our future. Please don?t
let
us waste away.

Imagine, what my kids could be in future if they could just reach for that
helping hand which you could offer. The banking system in Mauritius has
not joined the International banking system, where we can Transfer this
Funds to our desired destination accounts overseas. We need someone who
we
can trust like you on the international level, since we haven?t had the
chance to own foreign account. We will pay for your service rendered, We
will
give you a certain Percentage.

I am willing to give you a certain percentage of this fund. I will be happy
if
you could serve as our guardian. We lives like refugees here in Mauritius,
because its not our home, we pray we can work this out as quickly as possible,
so we can eventually have peace. Please it?s no longer safe here anymore
for
me, l don't even know what the future holds for my kids, they have stopped
school for 5 months now.

Please try to forward me a phone number where i can reach you, so i can
give you
more details on the exact role which is required of you for the
successfully conclusion of this transactions, I look forward to your
earliest response,

Please i need your help, and i believe with your help my life and that of
my
family will be safe.
Please for security reasons you are to respond back to my secure email
address.Email: (osasavimbi@circlemail.com) or (mdmrosasavimbi@katamail.com)

Thank You
Madam Rosa.


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