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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: "MR MUSTPH WILLIANS" <mustphawilliams@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:56:13 +0400
Subject: PERSONAL ASSISTANT

DEAR,
I am DR mustpha williams , the personal assistant to Charles Taylor,the
former President of Liberia. He has recently stepped down from
power and is presently in assylum following his forced ouster as
president.Well dear friend we need your assistance in transfering
some of the money derived from the government treasury during his
tenure as president into your account, because the government is
making plans to seize all his asets.I have been mandated to deal

with anyone who offer assistance to have this funds transferred to
an overseas account..The amount is USD$50 million including gold and
diamonds deposited in a Security firm at DUBAI. since the deposit is
domiciled, it became imperative that the funds shouldbe transfered to
a foriegn beneficiary.All thatis needed is for me to instruct the
company to transfer the funds to your account,

you will take 25% which is USD$12.5 million of the total funds
transfered to your vital bank account as compensation for your
assistance,
Five percent(5%) would be set aside to take care of all expenses we may
incure during the transation. To indicate your interest,kindly provide
me
your direct phone and fax numbers and all relevant information for me
to
contact you and to let you know the roles you will play in making this
transaction successful. All the legal informationconcerning this Money
will
be sent to you as soon as we agree together.we all have been confined
only to Calabar and all our calls are monitored,So I will

use all available contact to get you all the relevant informations
needed.please bear in mind that this transaction is 100% risk and hitch
free as i have already set in motion all necessary and possible
arrangements
for a smooth and swift transaction such as having informed an attorney
to prepare the following documents :-

a)letter of authorisation
b)secure an affidavit supportively for the contents
c)once i hear from you, another affidavit would be sworn to an
oath as well as by the attorney to supportively indicate your
name as the bona fide owner and beneficiary of the funds thus
ensuring a smooth and swift transfer.please note that we are
about to repose a great deal of trust and responsibility to
you,so treat this proposal with the maturity it deserves and also
you will be saddled with the additional responsibility of

helping us invest our own share of the funds profitably in any
genuine venture.hoping for an earliest response.

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION
REGARDS,

DR MUSTPHA WILLIAMS

TELPHON)+971-50-7581085

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