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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: "vincent weah05" <vincent_weah05@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:38:16 +0200
Subject: SEEKING FOR HONEST BUSINESS PARTINER

FROM: MR, VINCENT WEAH.
TEL: 27-83-544-1155

JOHANESSBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don't know me
in person, first I must introduce myself, I am MR. VINCENT WEAH, The first
and only son of the late MR. ABORO WEAH Chief Special Assistant to the
former president of Liberia General CHARLES TAYLOR who is now taking refuge
in Nigeria, My father Mr Aboro Weah was murdered in the fighting dispute
between Liberian government and the lebel leader Prince Johnson in Liberia.

I decided to reach you through your address, Before the death of my father
he took me to Johannesburg South Africa to deposit the sum of US$35,500, 000
(THIRTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS] in a
private security and finance ompany. This problem came when Fighting broke
between our former President Gen Charles Taylor and
The resistant Group Led by General Prince Johnson in our country Liberia.

General Charles Taylor ask my father to help him divert the funds to abroad
which my father used the opportunity to deposit the money for me in case of
the future because he knows that he might die when the fight began.

As a Refugees (ASYLUM SEEKERS) I am not allow to operate any bank account or
to be involved in any huge financial transaction and as the only child of
my father I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign
partner where this money could be transferred without any problem.

If you therefore accept to assist me which I know you will, please do get in
touch with me through the above telephone or my e-mail address for more
briefing on this business proposal and For your assistance I have two
options for you. First, you can
choose to have a certain percentage of the money Secondly, you can go into
partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in
your country whichever the option you choose feel free to notify me as I
have also mapped out 5% of the total money to defray all the incidental
expenses either of us might incur in the process of this transaction. If you
do not prefer a partnership, I am willing to give you 20% of the total sum
while the remaining 75% will
be for me and for my investment in your country under your control.

I therefore implore you to please maintain the absolute confidentiality of
this matter even if you
decide not to help me. This business proposal is absolutely risk free and
100% assurance, genuine and legal.

Thanks and best regards.

MR VINCENT WEAH.

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