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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: "ALH SANI BUHARI BELLO" <alhajisanibuharibello1@investmentsworld.net>
Reply-To: alhajisanibuharibello@investmentsworld.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:44:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I am writing this mail with profound interest, having considered you highly
reputable and capable of assistance to my understated business proposal
after going through a brief profile of your company through the
International Trade Affairs Commission of my country.

I am Alhaji Sani Buhari Bello, a Liberian Politician who served as a
Personal Aid to the former Liberian President (Charles Ghankay Taylor) who
is presently declared wanted by the American Government to face charges of
Loots, Human Right Abuses and War Crimes. “Details can be found on the
internet through any of the Search Engines, e.g; www.google.com or
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm.

On my presumed reliance, I am establishing this relationship with you in
benevolent spirit to mutually execute a deal presently at hand. Precisely a
month and eight days before Mr. Charles Taylor departed for asylum in
Nigeria, an amount of $68 million US Dollars was earmarked and given to a
six member committee which I was the leader, to lobby few prominent Liberian
Citizens and some of the ECOWAS leaders to enhance Taylor’s self succession
bid as a life time President of the Republic Of Liberia. However,
negotiations were not concluded for the funds to be shared before the
pressure became un-bearable and he fled for safety. All efforts to regain
Power proved abortive, as the George Bush administration insisted on his
arrest.

The five committee members and I, has decided after a joint meeting held two
nights ago to use the $68 million as our benefit and compensation for the
risks we have taken working for Taylor, since the funds are still in our
possession. In the meeting, I was
mandated (as the leader) to look for a TRUSTWORTHY foreign partner through
who the funds can be invested abroad, since we have little or no knowledge
in the areas of lucrative business and it’s management.

Friend, are you worth the role and really capable of handling this
transaction effectively? If so, can you really be trusted?

This is to ascertain your interest and once positive response is received
from you, assuring us of your utmost cooperation, sincerity and
confidentiality, I shall arrange a meeting with you immediately so that we
can discuss and conclude modalities for the
transaction to commence without any delay.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Alhaji Sani Buhari Bello.

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