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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Eloy Savimbi" <eloysavimbi2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:05:27 +0200
Subject:


Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day to you. I humbly wish to introduce myself to you through this
Medium though it has been abused by people against the initial
anticipation and intent of the inventors.
I'm pleased for contacting you for assistance. This letter may come to
you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met before. I was
desperately looking for a person to assist me in this confidential
transaction. My movement and that of other members of my family was
highly restricted but I was able to move out from Angola and am now in
Senegal.
I am Eloy Sakiata Savimbi, son of the late leader of Unita Rebel Jonas
Savimbi of Angola who died on the 22nd February2002.
(<http://www.empereur.com/angola.html>)
Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of USD28,
000,000.00(twenty eight million United States dollars) in a private
Security trust company for safe keeping only. I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to
Embark on a joint business with you in your country which will be
solely control by you while I further education. The certificate of deposit sates that my father also deposited a substantial amount, 2000 kg (2tones) of gold in stock and 285,313 carat of Rough diamonds which were deposited alongside with the fund in the security trust company. All the related documents are intact with me and I have contacted the company. I am currently in Dakar Senegal as an asylum seeker pending when I get a foreign partner because of the monetary laws here which do not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank account.
MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Based on the above, I am contacting you so that you can help me invest
this fund in your country hoping that you will remain trust worthy. The fund was realised from gold and diamond sales when my late father was leading and playing revolutionary role in our country.
If you are ready I will give you all the information needed.
PLEASE YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSACTION IS
HIGHLY REQUIRED. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ALL FACT
GIVEN IS FOR YOU TO ACCESS MY STATUS.
Yours sincerely,
Eloy Savimbi


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