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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: "Chatwitslash Savimbi" <chatsavimbi@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:24:08 +0000
Subject: From Chatwitslash Savimbi

Dear Beloved Freind

I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact you for
assistance. I am the son of Jonas Savimbi, the rebel leader in Angola who
was shot dead on the 25th of February 2002, by the opposing Angolan Army.

Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Six million eight
hundred thousand dollars ($6,800,000.00) in a Storage company in London. My
father handed all the legal documents for the deposit to the family attorney
(Prof.Ahamed Usman Awadi) in trust and for safe keeping for the family.

Also, after the death of my father, my family and I fled to South Africa
where we are currently living, before that take a look at this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm

So, we want you to help us make claims of this fund ($6.8M) from the Storage
Company in London as my family beneficiary and transfer the money to your
account or any account of your choice for that matter before I and my family
can get Visas to fly down to your country for mutual sharing of the money.

My family has agree to give you 30% for your anticipated assistance and 60%
would be for us (my family) and the remaining 10%would be set aside for any
expenses that we may incure during the course of this transaction. My family
share of 60% would be invested in your country in any profitable business
proposed by you.

We have never met, but I want to trust you and please do not let my family
down by sitting on this money when it finally gets into your account.

Please, treat this as Confidential and reply to chat_savim@yahoo.com

Best Regards,

>From Chatwitslash Savimbi

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