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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • stella_savimbi40@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • stella_savimbi771@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?MISS=20STELLA=20SAVIMBI?= <stella_savimbi40@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stella_savimbi771@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 00:57:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From:Miss.Stella


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: stella_savimbi40@yahoo.co.uk

Hello Friend,

I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact

you for assistance. I am the daughter of Jonas Savimbi, the rebel

leader in Angola who was shot dead on the 25th of February 2002, by the

opposing Angolan Army.Frankly speaking, before the death of my beloved father, he deposited the

sum of eigth million nine hundred thousand dollars ($8,900,000.00) in a

finance/Safty Firm abroad which I shall disclose to you as soon as I observe your decision to work this fund out with me and my family.For your information My father handed all the confidential legal

documents regarding this deposit to our family attorney (Barrister Peter Lockers) in

trust and for safe keeping of our family. Also, after the death of my

father, my family and

I fled to Nigeria-West Africa where we are currently living. in order to inspire your confidence

and enssure your co-oeration have a perusal of this Website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.st

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So, we want you to help my family make claims of this fund ($8.9M) from the

Finance/Safty Firm abroad as you stand as my family

beneficiary and transfer the money to your nominate account or any trustworthy

account of your choice for this matter before I and my family can get

Visas to fly down to your country for mutual sharing of the money. My

family has agreed to give you 30% for your

KIND assistance and 60% would be for us (my family) and the

remaining 10%would be set aside for any expenses that we may incure

during the course of this transaction. My family share of 60% would be

invested in your country in any profitable business proposed by you. We

have never met, but I want to trust you and please do not let my family

down by sitting on this money when it finally gets into your account.

Please, treat this as Confidential and reply to my fastest ID.

stella_savimbi771@yahoo.com



Best Regards,

Miss.Stella Savimbi




- MISS STELLA SAVIMBI

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