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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: mirian120@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:41:30 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP

FROM MIRIAN SAVIMBI
ABIDJAN COTE D' IVOIRE
EMAIL:mirian@terra.com.mx
EMAIL/miriansavimbi@jumpy.it

DEAR SIR/MADAM

I KNOW THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE, PLEASE DONT WORRY, WE
ARE CONFINDED IN YOU.

I AM MRS MIRIAN SAVIMBI AND MY SON LUIS SAVIMBI 17TH YEARS OLD AN ANGOLIAN
NATIONAL PRESENTLY IN ABIDJAN REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVORIE. MY HUSBAND WAS
A HUMAN RIGHT REBAL LEADER GENERAL JONNAS M. SAVIMBI THAT WAS RECENTLY KILLED
BY SOME OF HIS MILITRY OFFICERS ON THE 27TH OF FEBUARY 2002 IN MY COUNTRY
ANGOLA, BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS WHEN HE IS ALIVE THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT HAS
CONFISCATED OUR PROPERTIES ANDFROZEN ALL HIS ACCOUNT IN ANGOLA.

TO BE PRECISE, MY LATE HUSBAND LEFT ANGOLA EARLY LAST YEAR TO ABIDJAN REPUBLIC
OF COTE D' IVORIE AND STAYS FOR SEVEN MONTHS WHILE RUNING FOR HIS LIFE,WHEN
THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT STARTED INDISCRIMINATE FOR HIS KILLING. IT WAS AT
THIS JUNCTURE THAT MY HUSBAND MADE A DEPOSIT OF US$ 16.5M IN A PRIME BANK
HERE IN ABIDJAN WERE THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED ON BEHALF OF HIS BUSINESS

PARTINER ABROAD BEFORE HIS UTIMELY DEATH LAST MONTH. NOW WE WANT TO FRONT
YOU AS AS THE BENEFICIARY AND BUSINESS PARTINER TO MY LATE HUSBAND AS REQUISTED
BY THE BANK TO ENABLE US MAKE THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AT THE BANK ON YOUR
BEHALF.WHILE THE DEPOSITED DOCUMENT OF THIS MONEY WILL BE CHANGED IN YOUR
NAME AS THE BONOFIDE BENEFICIARY. ON YOUR BEHALF TO ENABLE THE BANK TRANSFER
THIS MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ABROAD. NOW MY HUSBAND IS DEAD I HAVE
DECIDED TO INVEST THIS MONEY INTO A VIABLE BUISNESS VENTURE OUTSIDE AFIRICA.

I WILL HANDOVER THIS INVESTMENT UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION AND HAVE A SHARE
INTO THE INVESTMENT AS SOON AS THIS MONEY IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT ABROAD. WE KINDELY NEEDED THE FOLLOWING S FOR THE CHANGE OF THE
OWNERSHIP ON YOUR BEHALF AT THE BANK,TO ENABLE THE BANK TRANSFER THE MONEY
TO YOU, SO THAT THE BANK WILL NOW FORWARD THEIRPAYMENT PROCEEDURES TO YOU
AND ENHANCE THE TRANSFER INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ABROAD.

1) YOUR FULL NAME AND COMPANY'S NAME/ ADDRESS
2) YOUR 6 SIZED PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH .
3) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
4 YOUR BANK PARTICULARS WERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED
.
PLEASE SCAN THE PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH AND SEND IT ORIGINALLY BY COURRIER SERVICE
OR BY EMAIL THROUGH ATTACHMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE QUICK CHANGE
OF OWNERSHIP AT THE BANK.

I AND MY SON HAVE CONCLUDED TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS SOON AS
THE MONEY IS TRANSFERRED TO YOU. NOTE:THAT WE ARE AT THE REFUGEE CAMP HERE
IN ABIDJAN AND OUR MOVEMENT IS WELL RESTRITED AND MONITORED YOUR ABILITY
TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENCIAL NATURE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND OF CAUSE YOUR
FIDILITY TO ME IS OF PRAMOUNT IMPORTANT.

PLEASE, DO CALL ME AT ALL TIME OR MY SON LUIS IMMIDATELY YOU GET THIS MAIL
FOR MORE DETAILS WITH THE ABOVE TELEPHONE NUMBER. YOUR IMMIDATE RESPONSE
WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED WHILE THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION AND REMAIN
BLESS.PLEASE THE ELEVEN NUMBERS OF MY TELEPHONE SHOULD BE DIAL CORRECTLY

BEFORE YOU CAN GET THROUGH.


BEST REGARDS

MIRIAN SAVIMBI AND SON.
PLEASE REPLY ME AT mirian@terra.com.mx





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