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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: "SANDOVAL MORA" <morasandovalb@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:23:55 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply pls

MR MORA SANDOVAL
EMAILADDRESS[morasandovalb@terramail.com.sv ]
United Arab Emirates Refugee Camp

Dear Sir,
I know you will be surprised to receive this letterfrom me,but please this
letter is a request from a family in dare needof assistance. I MR
MORA SANDOVAL from Angola the first, and only sonof Brigadier MR BRUNO
B.SANDOVAL communicating to you from , United Arab Emirates Refugee Camp

I got your name and address from a business desk in chamber of commerce and
industry in DUBAI. And I on behalf of my widowed mother Mrs.ROSELYN
MORA, decided to solicit for your assistanceto transfer the sum of US$35.2
millio!(thirty fIvie million,two hundred thousand United States dollars
only) inherited from my late father intoyour personal or company's account
before his death,he was Brigadier incharge of arms and ammunition
procurement for
the Angolan Army. In his'will' he specifically draw my attention to US$35.2
million!(thirty fIVEmillion,two hundred thousand United States dollars only)
which hedeposited in a box for private security company in Dubai,IN FACT
IQUOTE' My beloved son,I wish to draw your attention to US$35.2
millio!(thirty fIVE million,two hundred thousand United States dollars
only).I deposited the box containing the fund in a security company in
Dubai as valuables.

During the war I was very dedicated and committed to winning the war against
the rebel unit. I found out that the seniorarmy officers and government
functionaries were busy helping themselves with go! vernment fund and
properties,sending them to foreign countries. Due to this, when I
and the former special adviser tothe president were assigned by the
president ( Eduardo Santos) to purchase arms in Dubai, we saw this as a
golden opportunity and diverted the money and shared it, of which I got a
total sum of
S$35.2millio! (thirty five million,two hundred thousand United Statesdollars
only).In case of my absence and on earth as a result of death,only you
should solicit for the
assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign partner to assist you
transfer this money out of Dubai forinvestment purpose.

I deposited the box in your name and you can claim it alone with deposit
code. Your mother is with all the documents. Take good care of
mother and your two sisters. Do not disappoint me! Bye! >From this word of
my late father,you will understand that lives and future of my family depend
on this fund assuch.

I will be grateful if you can assist us. We are now living inUnited Arab
Emirates Refugee Camp, as political asylum seekers,financial laws
and regulation of DUBAI does not permit us certain financial right.

In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in DUBAI hence;I am seeking your
assistance to transfer this fund out of Dubaifor investment
purpose.For your effort, we are prepared to offer you25% of the total fund
while 10% will be set aside for any expensesincurred during
this transaction.

Please, note that this transactionis 100% risk free and the major thing I
demand from you is to assureme the safety of this money when it
finally gets to you. Further information and arrangement will commence as
soon as trust confidence and good relationship is established.I shall
be most grateful if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter.
All we need from you and please endeavor to maintain the confidentialities
of thi! s humble appeal for avoid public awareness
for too many hands spoils theSoup.

NoTE.You are expected to come over here in Dubai to meet me so that we can
get things finalize and then i will accompany you to the Security
company where the fund is deposited for you to sign the authority letter in
the office of the security company then the director of tyhe company
will hand over the consignment to you.

Iwant to inform you that the security company where my late father kept this
consignment does not know the real content in the consignment
so i will not like them to know anything about it, what i really want from
you is to stand as my foriegn partner and claim the consignment onbehalf of
my family.

As soon as we claim this consignment,We will open the box and beging to
transfer the money bit by bit in any reputable bank here in Dubai, and
this shall be under your suppervision, after which you can authorise the
bank in Dubai to transfer the total money into your personal or companies
account in any part of the world you may deem fit.
We are going to write an agreement for both party as soon as we meet in
Dubai to agree on the term and condition we are going to follow for the
actulization of thistransaction.

Please, confirm your interest immediately by sending tome your private
telephone and fax number for communication. You are strictly advised to
reply through this Email Addres:morasandovalb@terramail.com.sv
Best regards,
MR MORA B. SANDOVAL[DUBAI]


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