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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: "ray hart" <rayhart@ukrpost.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 03:08:11
Subject: Business Proposition

Dear Sir,
With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its
importance and the immense benefit it will be to you. My Name is Tucker Desmond, the special Aide of ex-President Charles Taylor of Liberia. As
you may know the president was removed from office forcefully due to pressures and is now presently granted an assylum for security reasons in
Calabar.
However, during the long drawn civil war a lot of trans-border Diamond sales were made to raise funds which were not accounted for. These funds
which amount to US$31,500,000 were derived from the excess Diamond sales and was deposited on our behalf in the vaults of a classified
Security company in Europe pending. Because of our present incapacity and the very need for true and solicited help with respect to Ex President
Taylor. Your assistance is needed to transfer/move these funds from its present location of deposit in Europe to another place or an account that
you may hopefully provide.
The reason for this is that plans are underway to confiscate not only his known fixed assets but also all his liquid assets.
I have been mandated to seek and find a relaible person, based overseas that is disposed to help us hold the funds and invest the funds on our
behalf. For this we are offering you 20% of total funds as benefit.
Kindly contact me immediately by email at desmondtucker@netscape.net and let me know your position.
Sincerely yours,
Tucker Desmond.

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