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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: rjsavimbi01@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:20:46 +0100
Subject: REPLY ASAP

Dear Friend

I wish to introduce myself to you,My name is Rosa Savimbi one of the wives
of the late leader of the National Union for The Total Independence of Angola
who is now deceased leaving his family just one hope to secure their future.
Fortunately or maybe unfortunately funds realized from Diamond and crude
oil Royalties paid to my late husband were lodged by him with a security
company till the event of such as his death.

PLEASE VIWS THIS BBC NEWS WEB SITE FOR MORE UNDERSTANDING http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm

As fate would have it after the death of my late husband and the killing
of one of my late husbands wives Caterina Savimbi by government troops
we knew that we had to run for our lives so i escpaed to a neighboring country
with some of my children and my brother inlaw Robert Savimbi.My late husband
had kept the royalties he earned from the sales of this diamond and crude
oil with a the security company in the indian ocean region (Mauritius) the
fund waslodged as artifacts.

He had lodged these(funds) artifacts under the pretence that a foreigner
would be the beneficiary. All vital papers were given tme for safe-keeping.
Now the family needs the assistance and collaboration of a foreigner in
getting the money from the security company out of Mauritius to overseas
where the family intends to migrate to because we have finally managed to
arrive Port lois Mauritius were the security company is located. We will
require extensive support which will be explained in detail upon your acceptance
to look into this matter. Be rest assured that a healthy provision has been
mapped out for anyone who helps us with this mission.

I decline to state the total sum of the funds hidden for obvious reasons
but it is quite a sum of money. I also wish to state that all logistics
to make this mission possible has already been mapped out by my late husband.
I assure you a good business relationship and that I would personally have
no hand in anything illegal.Upon your positive response I shall forward
you more details to enable you decide if you would want to go on or not.


Please reply me only if you are sincerely interested in helping someone
even though its someone you do not know. Another thing I shall ask of you
is to take your time in making a decision. I must confess I really have
tried finding the right person but maybe God had been waiting for me to
contact you.How I wish my prayers could be answered by the time you finish
reading this. I wish you the best of life and hope you reply positively
soon. Thank you for taking the time to at least read this through. Yours
truly,

Mrs Rosa Savimbi

NB: If you feel inclined towards replying this message, please include a
contact phone number so we could also talk about it on the phone. I want
you to reply back to this box for security reason. (rjsavimbi1@yahoo.co.uk)



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