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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Eloy Savimbi" <sakiataeloy@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sakiataelo@blackplanet.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:16:12 +0000
Subject:

Hello,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have
not yet met before.I managed to get your contact details through the
internet myself, Time
is of importance and I was desperately looking for a person to assist
me in this confidential transaction.My movement and that of other
members of my family has been highly restricted but happily i have been able
to move out the Angola and is now in
Senegal.
I am Eloy Sakiata Savimbi,son of the late leader of Unita Rebel Jonas
Savimbi of Angola who died on the 22nd February
2002.(http://www.empereur.com/angola.html)

Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of
USD15,000,000.00(Fifteen million united state dollars) in a private security trust
compnay for safe keeping only.All the related documents are intact with me
and i have contacted the company .I am currently in Dakar Senegal as an
asylum seeker pending when I get a foriegn partner because the monetary
laws here which do not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank
account.
MUTUAL TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Based on the above, I am contacting you so that you can help me invest
this fund in your country hoping that you will remain trust worthy.The
fund was realised from gold and diamond sales when my late father was
leading some region in our country.If you are ready I will give you all
the information needed.
PLEASE YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSACTION IS HIGHLY REQUIRED.
Yours sincerely,
Eloy Savimbi
Nb= You can also contact me with any of these
Emails=(sakiataelo@blackplanet.com) or (sakiataeloy@yahoo.com)

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