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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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: evelyn mbano <evelynmbano717@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:11:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE


ATTN:
You may be surprised to receive this Letter, I got your email address from a directory and I decided to WRITE you. I AM FROM Angola my name is mrs evelyn mbano aND THE SECOND WIFE OF THE vice PRESIDENT of (u.n.i.t.a) james mbano presently under house arrest by the Government OF ANGOLA for FIGHTING ON THE REBEL SIDE AGAINST tHE GOVERNMENT during the long years of civil war in angola.
aftre the death of our Late President jonas savimbI, the government called for peace talk between u.n.i.t.a and the government forces, it was in this meeting that my husband and some top officers of union of total independence of angola (u.n.i.t.a} were arrested and kept in solitary confinement some are also said to have died.
before the arrest of my husband, he told me of some deposit he made to a security company through the help of his diplomat friend that worth some (usd$15,000,000) he said that if anything should happen to him we should find his diplomat friend to help me safegaurd the fund. but as people started to disapear, i was advice by my husband friends to flee the country which i did but today i am in republic of south-africa and can not find my husband diplomat friend to help me safeguard the fund as he asked me to do.
based on the above reasons, i decided to find a person who will help me not only to safegaurd the fund but also to help invest it. if you can help me in the above direction, CONTACT me so that we can discuss terms and conditions/informations. please note that you are the only person apart from me that knows about this and i will be glad if you keep it so. your effort will fetch you twenty percent (20%) OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
MRS EVELYN mbano.

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