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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "avenia@t-home.mk" <avenia@t-home.mk>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:46:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: US$25,765.000.00


From: Mrs. Chituda Malheiro Savimbi Lote
Telephone: + 44-
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: mrs.chitudamalheirosavimbilote@hotmail.com
Sub: This is top secret, keep confidential please.
Beloved,
This letter may come to you as a surprise but I really prayed to God to help
me choose somebody that will be my true partner, a person who has a fear of
God that cannot betray my remaining family and me as I don’t even know whom
to trust so I allowed the spirit of God to lead me.
I am Mrs. Chituda, wife of the late leader of the National Union of the Total
Liberation of Angola (UNITA) After surviving more than a dozen assassination
attempts, my husband, Savimbi was killed four years later, in February 2002,
in a battle with Angolan government troops.
Two weeks before my husband died, he called me and reveals the existence of
US$25,765.000.00 (Twenty five Million, seven Hundred and sixty five Thousand
United States Dollars)
being deposited in a suspense account with the bank in the United Kingdom.
This money was income accrue from the sale of Gold &amp; Diamond.
When I heard the bad news of my husband's death, his trusted aid moved me and
members of our family out on hiding, but unfortunately my elder son and I were
caught and place under house arrest. Luckily to us, my second son being sharp
and
clever has escaped through Zambia to United Kingdom through the stoway ship
where he resides as a political refugee.
Now the problem my son there is facing is that the labour laws of the United
Kingdom does not permit him as an asylum seeker (Refugee) the right to
financial transaction. This was the basic
reason why I decided to contact you, so that you will stand as the beneficiary
of the fund, we are prepared to transfer the ownership of the fund to your name

30% of the total money goes to you, as a commission for your services, while
70% goes to my family, which we intend to invest, immediately I am being
released from house arrest. I am assuring you that this transaction is risk
free as we have put
all the logistics in place to make it successful, all we need from you is your
co-operation and sincerity of purpose.
You will be contacting my son on his details below for more details on how you
are going to assist us conclude this transaction.
I will wait for your response through my son, thank you and God bless.
Name: Elias Savimbi Malheiro Lote
Tel No: + 44-
EMAIL: mrs.chitudamalheirosavimbilote@hotmail.com
You may read the websites in Wikipedia that give detail news about the brutal
killing of my humble father whose government and leadership earned my
Countrymen many advantageous opportunities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Savimbi#2002:_Killed_in_combat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm
http://www.answers.com/topic/jonas-savimbi
In your email to my son Robert Savimbi, kindly forward to him the following:
1 Your Full Name
2.Your Contact (Home) Address
3.Your Telephone and Fax number
Thanks and may the almighty father guide us through.
Thank you.
Mrs. Agnes Jonas Savimbi.

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