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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: "Rosaline Jonas" <rosasavimq@emailsenderfamily.com>
Reply-To: rrjjrosa2@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:42:35 +0000
Subject: Awaiting Your Urgent Response

TEL: +874 - 763 - 432 - 270
FAX: +874 - 763 - 432 - 271
Email: rosasavimq@rediffmail.com
Compliment of the Season
Dear Friend

This is My Third Email this Week; Hope you are getting My Emails. But With
faith l am sending this, firstly let me introduce my self. I am Mrs. Rosa
Jonas Savimbi, wife of the late leader of the National Union of the total
Liberation of Angola (U.N.I.T.A) who died on the February 222002 by the
bullet of the ruling government troop.

I am Rosa Jonas Savimbi. I Live far on the Sea of the Indian Ocean. I don't
think you have come that far, Do you know Mauritius. That's where l am
Mailing you from. I would have called, if l had your Number. I, my Kids are
here with me and My Brother In-law (Dan) too. We are been trying to Reach
out for Help for 3 weeks now.

So l got your Mail from the Internet through my search for a trustworthy
foreigner that will assist me with my present predicament, as I don’t even
know whom to trust so l allowed the spirit of God to lead me, then l decided
to Contact you with the faith that you would Help me Out.

My late husband was controlling the northern part of Angola and his blessed
with a huge deposit of diamonds, this my late husband used to his advantage,
mining and selling these diamond to foreign individuals and government in
return for huge amount of US Dollars and ammunitions that is part of the
reasons couple with determination why he was able to sustain his troop for
30 years of civil war before his untimely death.

He left a huge amount of money which amount to $15m (United state dollars)
he kept the money under my care incase of eventuality so that the future of
me and our children will be secure, when we heard the bad news of his death
his trusted aid moved me and the children and members of our family out of
our hiding.

We traveled in a fishing boat to Port Lois Mauritius from where I am making
this contact, the money has been coded and secretly deposited in a security
company and declared as "FAMILY TREASURE" for onward courier to reliable
foreigner in an advanced economy like your country for safe keep, on
conclusion of this transaction with you and once the fund get to your
country under your custody l will Relocate my Family to your Country.

Note I am not asking any Financial surppot or any account from you, But all
what i demand from you is your Trust, Honesty, sincerity, co-operation and
your moral surppot as Im not a Begger, but l want you to Help me Out as I
really Value my Life, and that of My Kids.

Please try and Send me your Number, So we can Discuss on a Secure Medium and
more details on how you are going to assist us conclude this transaction and
i would be glad to Offer you a Reasonable Share and Pecerntage if you will
assist me to move this money out of Mauritius as the foreign beneficiary.

I am assuring you that this transaction is risk free as we have put all the
logistics in place to make it

successful and completed in a jiffy.

I will wait for your response,thank you and God bless.

Mrs. Rosa Jonas S.

N.B: GET BACK TO ME ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS (rosasavimq@rediffmail.com), CALL
OR FAX TO THIS TELEPHONE NUMBERS, TEL: +874 - 763 - 432 - 270 FAX: +874 -
763 - 432 - 271, I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR UNGENT REPLY, AND IF YOU CALL
ASK FOR DAN TELL HIM THAT YOU ARE CALLING ON BEHALF OF MADAM ROSA LETTER OF
ASSISTANCE, THAT IS IF AM NOT ARROUND, AND PLEASE IF DAN IS NOT ARROUND, DO
NOT DISCUSS THIS WITH ANYBODY WHEN YOU CALL, EXCEPT ME AND DAN. THEN SEND ME
MAIL AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.


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