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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Chituda Malheiro Savimbi Lote" <donatella@cbn.net.id>
Reply-To: mrschitudamalheirosavimbilote@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:20:24 +0700
Subject: Re: US$25,765.000.00 To Your Account



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From: Mrs. Chituda Malheiro Savimbi Lote
Telephone: + -
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: mrschitudamalheirosavimbilote@gmail.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 Netherlands
Amsterdam. This money was income accrue from the sale of Gold & 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 Netherlands Amsterdam 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
Netherlands Amsterdam 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 you.
Name: Elias Savimbi Malheiro Lote
Tel No: +
EMAIL: mrschitudamalheirosavimbilote@gmail.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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