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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Rosemary Savimbi <roesmarysarami@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:41:22 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL


Dear One

I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact
you for assistance. I am the daugther of Good Day
I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact
you for assistance. I am the daugther 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 twenty million
eight hundred thousand dollars ($20,800,000.00)
in a Storage company in belgien europe
My father handed all the legal documents for the deposit to the
family ttorney family.(Prof.Ahamed Usman Awadi) in trust and for safe
keeping for the Also,
after the death of my father, my family and I fled to Germany
where we are currently living, before that take a look at this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/
1839252.stm
So, we want you to help us make claims of this fund ($20.8M) from the
Storage Company in belgien as my family beneficiary and transfer the
money to your 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

incure 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 contact our family
(Prof.Ahamed Usman Awadi) on this number 0044 7040120175

Best Regards,
Mrs RoseMary Savimbi

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