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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: "Rafael Savimbi" <raf4u@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rafaelnet@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:58:00 +0100
Subject: Re: Wishing you a nice weekend !

Compliments of the day !

Please accept my apologies if I had caught you unaware,I frankly do no
t mean any embarrassment or harm to you.I simply want to know if you
could assist me in claiming my inheritance which is laying static in the
vault of a security fiduciary.Given the fact that we have not met before
this might sound strange to you but the content of this mail is nothing
but truth. Besides,wishing to live in your country,I am compelled to
confide in you based on my instincts.I managed to get your contact
details through the Internet myself. Time is of importance and I was
desperately looking for a person to assist me in this confidential
transaction.My movement and that of other members of my family has
been highly restricted but happily I have been able to move out of
Angola.

I am Rafael Savimbi,son of the late leader of UNITA freedom movement
Dr Jonas Savimbi of Angola who died on the 22nd February 2002.If
however you are in doubt, you may look up information pertaining this
fiasco from the Internet on the following web site
(http://www.empereur.com/angola.html) Before the death of my father
he deposited the sum of USD8,000,000.00(eight million united states
dollars) in a private security trust company in Spain for safe keeping.I
am currently in Dakar Senegal as an asylum seeker pending when I will
be able to get a foreign partner because the international monetary
laws does not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank account.

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 realized from gold and diamond sales when my late father
was alive.Meanwhile, on indication of your willingness to handle this
project sincerely,I Shall provide you with more details.We shall also
mutually agree on a percentage which will be offered to you for
assisting me transfer the deposited vault to your position.I will be glad to
reserve this respect and opportunity for you, if you so desire.Please I
implore you to give this all important transaction your immediate
attention. Again,if you are unable to assist please be kind enough to tell
me so that I will know my fate.

Looking forward to receiving your prompt response.

Yours truly,
Rafael.

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