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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: Smith Savimbi <smith_savimbi10@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <smith_savimbi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 13:00:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT !!! SINCERE REQUEST.




DEAR SIR/MA,MAY THE PEACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD THE MERCIFUL BE WITH YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD. IN GOOD FAITH I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH THIS PROPOSAL.

I AM SMITH SAVIMBI THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF THE JONAS SAVIMBI, THE HEAD OF UNITA REBEL OF ANGOLA. PLEASE CLICK THE LINKS BELOW FOR DETAIL ABOUT MY FATHER : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/264094.stm THEY ALSO EXECUTED EVERYONE BEARING SAVIMBI,THUS MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT, BUT GLORY BE TO THE CREATOR WHO BROUGHT AN AID LOYAL TO MY FATHER MET WITH ME AND MY MOTHER AND SNEAKED US TO ZAMBIA , A NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY FROM WHERE WE ENTERED INTO REPUBLIC OF GHANA. WHERE I AND MY MOTHER ARE NOW LIVING.

I AND MY MOTHER WANT YOU TO BE OUR BENEFICIARY AND THE RECEIVER OF OUR CONSIGNMENT WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN INDIA. IT WAS MR JOHN ASCOTT AN AMERICAN BASE IN PAKISTAN THAT SUPPOSE TO RECIEVED THIS CONSIGNMENT FOR US BUT I AND MY MOTHER DECIDED TO STOP IT DUE TO HIS GREEEDY REQUEST. HE WAS ASKING FOR 50% OF THE TOTAL CONTENT OF THE CONSIGNMENT WHICH IS US$ 25 MILLION. WE ARE READY TO GIVE YOU 30% ONLY OUT OF THE TOTAL SUM . SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP US IN RECEIVING THIS CONSIGNMENT WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN INDIA.

IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS MAIL, WE WILL THEN MAIL YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONSIGNMENT.

THANKS
SMITH SAVIMBI AND MOTHER.
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