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

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt. John Savimbi Jr" <svmbjr@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:58:33 -0900
Subject:


Good Day,

I hope my email meets you well. I am in need of your assistance. My
name is Capt. John Savimbi jr, I am in the Engineering military unit here
in Luanda
Angola,we have about $10 Million
US dollars that we want to move out of the country. My partners and I
need a good partner someone we can trust. It is legal money.

But we are moving it through diplomatic means, to send it to your
house directly using diplomatic courier
service.The most important thing is that can we trust you? Once the
funds get to you, you take
your 30% out and keep our own 70%. Your own part of this deal is to
find a safe place where the
funds can be sent to. Our own part is sending it to you.If you are
interested I will furnish you with
more details.But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low
profile at all times.

Please reply me to this alternative e-mail address:
savimbi-jr@wowmail.com to avoid any
mistake.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Regards,

Capt. John Savimbi.jr










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