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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: "mitchel savimbi" <mitchel_savimbi@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:25:54 +0200
Subject: Urgent Business Assistance

FROM MRS MITCHEL
HARARE-ZIMBABWE.
Email: savimbi_micheal@yahoo.com


SEEKING FOR ASSISTANCE




DEAR Sir,

I AM WELL CONFIDENT OF YOUR CAPABILITY OF EXECUTING THIS TRANSATION FOR THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT OF BOTH FAMILIES, BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE ORBETRAY
THE TRUST AND CONFIDENT I AM ABOUT TO REPOSE TO YOU.

I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH THE GREATEST DELIGHT AND PERSONAL RESPECT. I AM MRS
MITCHEL SAVIMBI, THE WIFE OF LATE DR GODWIN SAVIMBI, WHO WAS MUDERED LAST
OCTOBER BY THE FORCES LOYAL TO PRESIDENT ROBORT MUGABE DUE TO THEIR SUPPORT
IN ACQUIRING HIS LAND AND PROPERTY DURING THE CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE LAST YEAR,
WHICH CONTINUED AND LED TO THE LOSE OF SEVERAL LIFE OF FOREING (WHITE)
FARMERS AS REPORTED ON CABLE NETWORK NEWS (CNN) AND BY THE BRITISH
BROCASTING COROORATION (BBC).


I GOT YOUR CONTACT ON MY DESPRATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE PERSON FOR PARTNER
SHIP INVESTMENT OVERSEAS BELIEVING YOU ARE SINCERE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON
AND OF TRANSPARENT HONESTY AND CAPABLE OF HANDING THIS TRANSATION TO THE
BEST
OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN ASSISTING MY SON AND I, IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF US$
11.500,000.00 ( ELEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLERS)
INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAFE KEEPING PENDING ON ARRIVAL TO YOUR COUNTRY
FOR OUR INVESTMENT PLAN.

YOU MAY NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS FUND ORIGINATED. THE SUM WAS INHERITED FROM MY
LATE HUSBAND WHO WAS ASSASSINATED BY ROBERT MUGABE'S AIDES IN VIEW OF
ACQUIRING HIS LAND AND PROPERTY.

I GOT TO KNOW OF THIS FUND WHEN OUR FAMILY LAWYER APROCHED ME FEW MONTH AGO
WITH SOME DUCOMENTS THAT MY LATE HUSBAND HAD FILED WITH HIM IN THE FILE, I
REALISED THAT MY LATE HUSBAND ( BLESSED MEMORY ) HAS WRITTEN A "WILL" WHICH
HE SPECIFICALLY POINTED MY ATTENTION AND I QUOTE.

MY DARLING WIFE, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF US$
11.500,000.00 ( ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HYNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS )
WHICH I DEPORSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. ALL
DOCUMENT CONCERNING
THE FUND IS FILED WITH OUR FAMILY LAWYER AND YOU CAN MAKE LAY CLAIM TO THE
FUND IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH ONLY BY DEATH. I MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE SECURITY COMPANY THAT MY FOREINGN PARTNER WILL STAND AS A BENEFICIARY TO
LAY CLAIM OF THE MONEY.
THE BENEFICIARY WILL COME FORWARD TO SUBMIT HIS BANKING DETAILS FOR ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO HIS ACCOUNT.

DR GODWIN SAVIMBI, MY LATE HUSBAND ADVICED ME THROUGH MY LAWYER, THAT
INCASE IF HE DIES THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A FOREIGNER WHO WILL STAND AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND SO THAT THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER TO HIS OR HER
ACCOUNT FOR PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT.

FROM THE ABOVE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MY FUTURE ESPECIALLY THAT OF MY SON
DEPENDS STRONGLY ON THIS MONEY. I WILL LIKE YOU TO ASSIST US IN TRANSFERRING
THIS MONEY IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT. YOU CAN CONTACT MY SON Micheal
Savimbi, IN SOUTH AFRICA ON TEL: 27 73 230 4773, OR EMAIL:
savimbi_micheal@yahoo.com, AS HE HAS BEEN IN SOUTH AFRICA TO ARRANGE WITH
SOME BANKERS THAT WIL ASSIST IN THIS TRANSFER.

FOR YOUR ASSITANCE IN THIS REGARD, MY SON AND I HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25%
OF THE WHOLE SUM WHICH IS US$2,875,000.00 (TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLERS), 5%WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENCES
THAT MIGHT ARISE DURING THE TRANSATION, WHILE THE REMAINING 70% WILL BE KEEP
FOR US UNDER YOUR CARE UNTILL WE COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR
INVESTMENT PLANS.

THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATION TO HELP US

BEST REGARDS.

MRS MITCHEL SAVIMBI

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