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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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Fraud email example:

From: don gilo <family_dongilo002@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: family_dongilo001@yahoo.it
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:50:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONFIDED DOCUMENTS,PLEASE REPLY WITH UTMOST SINCERITY.


From: Don macavelli gilo Jnr.


Greetings to you,


With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I

hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or

surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not

met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly

ask that you take due consideration of its importance and

the immense benefit it will be to you.

After careful consideration with my children, we resolved

to contact you for your most needed assistance in this

manner. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy if

this contact is not acceptable to you as I make this

proposal to you as a person of integrity. I got your

contacts through my personal research and out of

desperation decided to reach you through this medium.

First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to

you. My name is Don macavelli gilo Jnr., heir to Don macavelli gilo Snr. and

the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy of The Republic

of El Salvador(San Salvador ) for seven years, I will now give you a

general overview of the situation. When I was sworn in as

Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy in 1999, with my

influence, my father Don macavelli gilo Snr. a very

successful businessman was awarded several contracts in my

ministry and had

direct dealings with foreign investors in this field.

Due to my political status, I was not involved in my

fathers business which was very vast and successful. My

beloved father died whilst on an official trip to American Samoa

(Pago Pago) in February 2001.


YOU CAN GO THROUH MY WEB SITE:

www.gov.elsr

When my father died, I was contacted as next of kin by a

private security firm in Europe to come forth with the

Certificate of Deposit and claim a safety deposit my

husband has in their Vault in his name. At that time, my

children and I did not have an idea where the Certificate

might be. We then instructed the security firm to continue

holding the safety deposit until further instructions from

me. Whilst preparing for the second remembrance of my

beloved husband demise, I was going through his library

collection and to my astonishment I discovered a

Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit with this

private security firm, and other documents relating to the

safety deposit in a book.

The safety deposit consignment with the security firm which

is a trunk box, is stocked with hard currency (Euros)

totaling Euros 990,000,000,000. which was generated from cash

payments from his business associates in the diamond and oil trade

from Europe( Antwerp,Belgium.-Rome,Italy.-Virgin Islands (British).)

Though I knew my late father was in the

diamond and oil business, I did not have the knowledge that he

moved funds in cash. This has came as a shock to me and my

siblings, and we have decided to have this fund invested

immediately in commercial and residential properties abroad

as well as profitable ventures, as any member of my family

cannot hold such a huge amount in our name due to my

political status, hence we sincerely propose to you to

render us your most needed assistance in this regard.

If you agree to render us your assistance, your role in

this project will be to act on my behalf as a trustee to

receive the safety deposit containing the funds from the

Security firm. Though I believe this

transaction should be based on mutuality,

For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 20% of

the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your

assistance in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing

from you, I will forward your contact to our lawyer who

will be representing us, and also give you his contact for

both of you to communicate and proceed with the

transaction. In other words here is the contact info of our

family lawyer who has office and resides in England he has

been well briefed and instructed by my family about this

transaction he is ready to work with you, please i will

instruct him on when to get to you,as soon we both are at a point to

contact him directly and consummate this deal.


Lawyers name : Broker Valentino Maurice S.

Lawyers Email: brookervalentinoshawninc@yahoo.co.uk


He will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of the

process and I look forward to a long lasting business

relationship with you. As you may understand, due to my

sensitive position in the present government, it is not

safe to communicate with me via phone or fax. This is why I

have communicated with you with my private email address,

and I like us to keep it this way, for the safety of this

transaction. whether or not you are interested in assisting

us please let us know. This will enable us make alternative

plans, in the event of non-interest on your part.

Mail through this email address for security

reasons:

family_dongilo001@yahoo.it

With warm regards

-------------------------

Don macavelli gilo Jnr.

- don gilo


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