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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: elij_rose@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:01:04 -0800
Subject: Read and get back

FROM ELIJAH SAVIMBI & SISTER
01 BP 06 DANANI ABIDJAN,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
REPLY/RESPONSE TO:
elij_rose@excite.com

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Dearest One,

With warm heart we offer our friendship and greetings, and we hope this
mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the
past, we humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and
immense benefit.

we also sincerely seek your confidence, as we make this proposal to you
as a person of integrity.First and foremost We wish to introduce our selves
properly to you. My name is Mr Elijah O. and Rose Savimbi, We are the children
of Late Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, leader of UNITA (National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola).

As led by my instinct, We selected your email address from an internet directory,in
our search for a partner, hence this email.My Father (Mentor) was killed
in a battle with government forces of Angola, led by President Dos Santos,
on Friday 22nd February 2002. After his death,Mr.Antonio Dembo who was his
second in command, assumed office as leader
of UNITA, due to lack of the Charisma my Father had carried the party with
in Dembo, there was chaos and struggle for leadership.

Prominent members like Carlos Morgado lobbied to depose him and assume office
as leader to enrich themselves and some of them who saw me as a threat to
their ambitions, including Mr. Dembo, planned to kill us. The tension and
confusion in UNITA become uncontrollable when Mr. Dembo died 10days after
my Father's death.We secretly left Angola and came here (Abidjan) to seek
political asylum.

We are sincerely proposing to you to render us your highly needed assistance
in respect to safekeeping of some of my Father's money that arose from Diamonds
sales.This money Thirty Million United State Dollar(US$30.000.000.00), which
was deposited in one of the security company here in Abidjan, Since 2001
before the tragic incident of my Father's death occurred.

He placed this money in a trunk box and deposited it with the security company
here as family valuables and african artworks. His reason for this was to
give adequate security to the money until his foreign partner comes for
the claim of the box. The security company does not know the real content
of the box.

President Dos Santos has lobbied the International Community to freeze my
Father's assets and accounts abroad, to ground UNITA, and has already done
this in Angola. We plan to use this money to safeguard our future, it is
very essential that you understand that the kind of trust and confidence
we want to put in you is extraordinary, and an act of desperation on my
part, in order not to lose this money.Also, ensure that this contact with
you should be treated with utmost secrecy.

PLease We are Honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:-

1). TO COME DOWN HERE FOR A THREE WORKING DAY VISIT SO THAT BOTH OF US WILL
GO TO THE SECURITY COMPANY TOGETHER AND MAKE THE CLAIM OF THE BOX AS MY
LATE FATHER'S FOREIGN PARTNER.

2)TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE DEPOSITED IN YOUR
COUNTRY.

3)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A BOY OF 22 AND MY SISTER
IS 18 YEARS.

4)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME AND MY SISTER TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY
AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.

Moreover , We are willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compesation
for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your
Norminated account overseas.

This transaction should be completed immediately depending on your prompt
response. We thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling
us achieve this goal.To know more about the struggle by UNITA to liberate
Angola, click on the link below and read.

http://www.the-idler.com/IDLER-02/3-16.html

Thanks and God bless you.
Sincerely,
MR. ELIJAH & ROSE SAVIMBI




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