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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • robertosavimbi@inbox.com

Fraud email example:

From: "roberto savimbi" <robertosavimbi@sonangolgroup.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:35:52 +0000
Subject: angola!

>From : roberto savimbi
TO YOUR ATTENTION. SIR,
With due sense of humanity and responsibility, I am soliciting for your
help.
I am the first son of the third wife of late Mr. Jonas savimbi of Angola.

Presently I am in south africa with my mother and sister kiki savimbi
since after the death of my late father.

I need your urgent assistance to move the sum of
$24million (Twenty-four million us dollars) that was
kept in a security company in Europe by my late father
since on the 12/08/1999, with the my name as the next of kin.

We have concluded to go into investment
with it that is why we are soliciting for your help in
removing the fund from the security company.

I need you to be our foreign partner in this project so as
to assist us in concluding all arrangement with the company
on how to move the fund to your account for the investments.

I can not travel to Europe now due to the sanction impose
on us the UNITA members.

I will distinguish my proposal by sending my photograph and all documents
between my
late father and the security company.

I want to place the fund in a very good business in your
country under your care for seven years, during investment
period, only our profit will be shared annually, 70% for me
and 30% for you.

Please I will love you to call me so as to prove your interest.
Be also informed that it is risk free as we have all original documents from
the security company
in Europe.

Thanks in anticipation of your urgent response TO THIS EMAIL
ADRESS:robertosavimbi@inbox.com,
robertosavimbi@sonangolgroup.com.

Best regards,

roberto SAVIMBI

kindly visit the link below to get more knowledge of this proposal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm.

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