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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: "ENGR.FRED.KAMAH" <2005fk@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:44:56 +0400
Subject: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Dear Sir/Madam,

E-MAIL:2005fk@myway.com

Compliment of the Season.I am Engr.Fred Kamah,a Liberian Government
Registered Contractor.I have been requested by the Chairman of the Audit
Panel in the department of Diamond and Solid Minerals,Republic of Liberia,to
secure an honest,reliable and trustworthy foriegn partner whose bank account
will be used to transfer the sum of $25,500,000.00 (twenty five million,Five
hundred Thousand American Dollars) only.

This amount originated from a contract that was executed by the previous
regime of ousted president of Charles Taylor in 2002.As a result of the
present Government's enquiry,the Audit Panel has been mandated to
investigate and immediately pay off all Contractors being indepted by the
previuos Government under President Charles Taylor.

Now,the Audit Panel has discovered an over quoted contract amount which was
a contract fully completed in 2001 and the original contractor has been paid
his rightful amount leaving the sum of $25,500,000,00[twenty five million five hundred thousand dollars] which is the
inflated sum abandoned by one of the contractors since the year 2002.

Now the Audit Panel has made recommendations that this amount be paid and
requested me to obtain a foriegn account for this purpose and i have
nominated you to them based on the search through the local Chambers of
Commerce where i obtained informations about you recently.Accoding to our recent meeting held with the Chairman of the Audit panel,we proposed that you shall take 15% of this total amount,5% has been set aside for miscellanous expenses such as our air tickets,hotel accomodations etc, when we shall visit you and 70% shall be kept for them in your custody while myself, co-ordinating this transaction
shall take 10%.

Now to the business,this transaction will be actualised by telegraphic wire
transfer the moment your account informations are received.Kindly indicate
your willingness by writing me through the E-mail address above and please
let me know your views in this matter.I am looking forward to your reply
urgently. I have to re-assure you that there is no risk involved in this
transaction on both sides.Kindly give me your telephone and fax numbers to reach you.

Thanking you and God bless.

Engr.Fred Kamah.

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