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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27835753712 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "philip suleman" <philip_suleman011@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 16:46:36 +0000
Subject: Good day.

From: Mr Philip Suleman Savimbi
Telephone: +27-83-575-3712.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I apologized for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/
business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality required for
the smooth operation of the transaction. It is with trust that I wish
to contact you on this matter concerning the transfer of Eighteen Million
United States Dollars (US$18,000,000.00).

I managed to get your contact details through world on line here in
South Africa. My movement and that of other members of my family has been
highly restricted in Angola but, happily I was able to move out of
Angola and I'm now in South Africa. I am Mr. Philip suleman Savimbi, the son
of the late leader of Unita Rebel Leader Jonas Savimbi of Angola who died on
the 22nd February 2002.

Please you can visit the website below for more details on my fathers
death.
http://www.empereur.com/angola.html

Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of Eighteen Million
United States Dollars ( US$18,000,000.00 ) in a Security Trust/Financial
Institution in South Africa for safe keeping only.

I am currently in South Africa as an asylum seeker pending when I get a
Foriegn Partner/Investor because the financial laws here in the
Republic of South Africa does not allow me as an asylum seeker to operate
any bank account here or to engage in such financial transactions.

I have sort for your assistance to retrive the said funds and transfer
same to your Country or any other safe place outside South Africa for
future investment as per your instruction and guidance. Incase if you
decided to help me please let me know when will you be able to come to South
Africa to have a face to face meeting with my family because there is no
time for my family to waste. Please treat with the strictest confidentiality
and utmost urgency. You can contact me immediately through the telephone
number above or by mail.

Your earliest response would be highly appreciated as I look forward to a
benefitting partnership with you.

Best regards,


Mr Philip Suleman Savimbi
For: The Family

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