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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348037840138 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • hadams_savimbi2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "hadams savimbi" <hadamss32@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:37:43 -0700
Subject: PLEASE READ AND REPLY


Dear one,
Is due my condition here in Federal Republic Of Nigeria and also to make
shure that my family will see something to do,till this problem get to the
end.Please,i am writing this letter with due respect and heart full of tears
since we have not know or met ourselves previously.

I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through your profile that
speaks good of you. I came across your profile and I feel it's highly
reputable and sincere that is why I pick an interest getting across to you
in respect.

I will be so glad if you can lead me to the right channel towards your
assistance to my situation now. I would like to use this opportunity to
introduce myself to you. I am Hadams Savimbi the son of late Mr Jonas Savimb
who was one of the bigest actors and as a Rebel Leader in the Rep of Angola
who was assassinated in angola.

Before the assassination,my father was also the chairman of the Angola
national diamond and gold cooperation.The war that broke-out from the
unlawful rebeloverthrown forced us to flew to a neighbouring village until
the West African Peace Keeping Force (ECOMOG)took control of my village
mende then I decided to go back to our family to search for some vital
document and valuables.

When I was searching for documents I found keys to my father's under ground
safe, where I discovered one metallic box filled with money with payment
voucher,it contain (USD$60m). SIXTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS being
proceeds gotten from the sales of Gold and Diamond to Libyan government by
the cooperation which my father was the chairman.

With the help of a local fisherman that operate a fishing trawler, I was
able to take the box to Lagos Nigeria through the coastal line and deposited
it in Allied Security Company as a family treasure.After my discussion with
the Director of the security company, he accepted to assist me transfer the
consignment to any of their offices in Europe by cargo.

Because of these arrangement, I decided to contact you first because I
needed a foreign partner who will help me to receive the consignment over
there, open an account in his name and pay in the fund for onward transfer
to his or her account overseas.After this transaction, I would like to
invest in real estate or any other lucrative business you might suggest as I
wish to have a partnership with you.If you are interested this is my e-mail
addressbelow,(hadams_savimbi2007@yahoo.com)

My telephone number: 234-803-784-0138

(1) I will send to you the telephone number of the security company in
Cotonou-Benin for you to confirm the availability of the treasure box(fund).

(2) I will also fax the security company's Deposit Certificate and the
receipt of the deposit payment which I paid.


(3)For your assistance, me and my family have accepted to compensate you
with 30% of the total fund and also you will be part of any investment
accepted by the family.Please you can confirm it thruogh this website below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1837512.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1837565.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1837565.stm

1,Your Full Name

2,Your home Address

3,Your Telephone And Fax Number

4,Your Age And Occupation

5,Your pasport and your driving licenc

look forward to having a good business relationship with you.I will be very
grateful to hear a positive response from you as soon as possible.Best
Regards
Mr.Hadams Savimbi.

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