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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: gebsan_savimbi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:03:20 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Business=20Relationship?=

DEAR FRIEND,

(STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)
We are writing you with trust and confidentiality, my name is GABRIEL and
SANDRA SAVIMBI the son and Doughter of the formal Angolan rebel leader JONAS
MALHEIRO SAVIMBI from the Republic of Angola. And We got your contact through
the the browsing of internet and after due consideration and after going
through your profile, I became aware assured of your credibility of handling
this profitable transaction. Thus, Our humble decision is to solicit for
your understanding and cooperation in this business that will benefit all
of us.

At the mid term of the rebellion which is still on till date, our Father
thinking fast, decided to send my Sister and I out of the country (Angola)
with a total sum of (us$75m) Seventy Five Million united state dollars only,
sealed in a diplomatic bag meant for purchase of arms and ammunitions for
the rebels and the bills were carefully defaced for security reasons.

On our arrival to Acra Ghana because we are political asylum seekers, we
were not allowed to operate a bank account because of our age and statues
as a refugee.so with the instruction of our Father we deposited the box
in a security company here in Ghana and decided to stay in a nebouring country
Lome Togo untill we found some one that will help us , though we did not
declare the contents to them, unfortunately because of our Father's political
influence he was assassinated.My Father was (67-year-old)before he died
on Friday alongside 21 of his bodyguards on the banks of the Luvuei River
in the eastern province of Moxico.

we need your assistance by coming to Ghana to open a non-residence bank
account with any of the local banks here,but right now we are still in Lome
Togo to negotiate the transfer of our money properly to the non-residence
account which will enable the onward telegraphic transfer of the funds to
your nominated bank account. But if you can not make it to Africa, we can
make arrangement with the security company on how to send our consignment
direct to your house address by the means of deplomatic courier service.

The whole arrangement will be strictly under our supervision and the transaction
will be absolute risk-free because the money belongs to me and my sister.


We intend to reward you with a resonable amount of money upon the successful
completion of this transaction.

The confidentiality in this transaction can not be over emphasized as we
trust and believe that you will oblige us the security and attention it
demands.

Please treat this transaction with absolute confidentiality. You can have
a look at this web site to view the dead body of our Dad laying on the ground.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm).Feel
free to ask any question{s} you consider necessary.

Thank you very much.

Yours Faithfull,

Gabriel&Sandra Savimbi.

NB:If you are interested, please reply ONLY to our confidential mail box
below so that we can read your massage and get back to you immediately.

gebsan_savimbi@hotmail.com

Mobile: 228 917 19 06.



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