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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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_savimbi1414@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss.Stella Savimbi" <stella_savimbi1414@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stella_savimbi1414@yahoo.ie
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:10:44 +0000
Subject: Please attend immediately.

Good Day
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. Before the death of my father, he deposited the Sum of eight
million nine hundred thousand dollars ($8,900,000.00) in a Finance/security
Company abroad. My father handed all the legal Documents for the deposit to
the family attorney (Dr.Carlos Pedro) in Trust and for safe keeping for the
family. Also, after the death of my Father, my family and I fled to
Nigeria-West Africa where we are currently living, before That takes a look
at this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.st
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So, we want you to help us make claims of this fund ($8.9M) from the
Finance/security Company abroad as you standing as my family Beneficiary
and transfer the money to your nominate account or any Account of your
choice for that matter before I and my family can get Visas to fly down to
your country for mutual sharing of the money. My Family has agree to give
you 30% for your anticipated assistance and 60% would be for us (my family)
and the Remaining 10%would be set aside for any expenses that we may insure
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 stella_savimbi1414@yahoo.ie
Best Regards,
Miss.Stella Savimbi

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