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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: psavim@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:34:15 +0400
Subject: From Mrs.Partzento J.Savimbi


MRS.PARTZENTO J. SAVIMBI
#01 Smut Ave, Luanda,
Angola.
Good News,
I do foresee the surprise this letter will bring you as it comes
from a
stranger. But be assured as it comes with the best of intention.
However, your
address was courtesy of world on line here in my Country Angola.
My name is Mrs.Partzento J.Savimbi, from Angola; I am the wife of
late
president of Angola "UNITA" Leader Jonas Savimbi, who died after he
was shot by the Angola armed forces in Mexico province. Please you
can visit the
website below for more details on the death of my husband.
http://www.empereur.com/angola.html
My husband used his position then, to make himself and his family
some
fortune. Before the death of my husband, he deposited the sum of
Nine Million
Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$9,700,000.00).In a
Security
Trust/Financial Institution for safe keeping only.
However, my aim of contacting you is for you to assist us claim this
money on
our behalf and transferred
into your nominated account in your
country or in any
part of the world.
Be informed that this transaction needs utmost trust and
confidentiality. Also
the transaction is 100% risk free hence all the modalities are safe,
smooth and
successful transaction have been arranged by us. I am looking
forward to your
soonest reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Best Regards,
Mrs.Partzento J.Savimbi.
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This message sponsored by "TBC Bank [1]"

Links:
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[1] http://www.tbc.ge

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