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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Suzana Nuhan" <suzana@makaryonline.com>
Reply-To: suz_vaye66@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:44:50 +0000
Subject: Please Help Me!!

FROM:

MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE.

Liberia.



ATTN: Sir/Madam,



Kindly accepts my apology for sending my mail to you. I am a true God
fearing person, and I want you to trust me and help me out in this my
condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the
fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on
your country in the Internet.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and
fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent
headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

My Name is MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My
late Husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in
Liberia. My Husband was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles
Taylor killed him. You can verify this from some of the international
newspapers posted in the web sites below:

(I)http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii) http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Two days before the arrest and killing of my husband, he handed over to me
the documents of deposits he made in some countries. He deposited huge
amount of money with an International Financial Consultant Firm, registered
in London for investment purpose, and he deposited some diamonds with a
security firms in Europe, and also has a fixed deposit account with a bank
in Europe with a huge outstanding balance. Fortunately, I was made the
beneficiary/next of kin to all these deposits in the case of uncertainty,
but it was so unfortunate that he was killed before time. Now my family is
being marginalized and brutally treated and was kept in isolation of
participant in any event in my country. The worse of it all was that we have
been restricted from traveling abroad and the government seized all our
traveling documents, and we’ve been placed under security surveillance to
monitor all our activities. I am completely devastated and incapacitated to
coordinates all these ventures, hence I am contacting you for your solemnly
assistance.



I have secretly without the knowing of anyone written to the Finance firm in
London and to the diamonds deposited companies in Europe about my intention
as the next of kin to transfer ownership of the funds and the diamonds to my
trusted representative since I am incapacitated to continue running the
affairs from where my husband stopped. I have also notified the bank in
Europe about my intentions. But most importantly, is to quicken the process
of this transfer of ownership of all these deposits to your name, so as to
prevent my government from detecting such deposits belonging to my late
husband, otherwise it would be confiscated and my future will be finished.
The companies are at standby waiting for my instructions and the details of
my appointed representative to enable them to execute the transaction and
relinquish all the properties to my chosen and trusted representative.



I am therefore soliciting for your loyalty, trustworthiness and cooperation
to help me to stand as my representative to receive these funds and the
diamonds on my behalf from the companies pending when I would find a way to
escape from my country to be with you. I am granting you an open negotiation
to decide or say what I can offer you as reward for your assistance in this
regard. I want in your continual efforts, to hold the funds and the diamonds
in your absolute control and to re-invest the funds in any viable business
that could generate profits preferably into real estate pending my arrival
to your country. I would be glad to settle down in your country if you can
help me to arrange for immigrant visa.



If you are interested to help me, please respond swiftly via my telephone or
by return mail and furnish me with your detailed info so I would forward to
the companies to process the change of beneficiary to your name. And I will
provide you with the contact info of the companies to enable you to write
them officially and request for the transfer of the properties/funds to your
destination. I will issue you my power of attorney in this regard.



You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us.



Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE (WIDOW)
FROM:

MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE.

Liberia.



ATTN: Sir/Madam,



Kindly accepts my apology for sending my mail to you. I am a true God
fearing person, and I want you to trust me and help me out in this my
condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the
fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on
your country in the Internet.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and
fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent
headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

My Name is MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My
late Husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in
Liberia. My Husband was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles
Taylor killed him. You can verify this from some of the international
newspapers posted in the web sites below:

(I)http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii) http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Two days before the arrest and killing of my husband, he handed over to me
the documents of deposits he made in some countries. He deposited huge
amount of money with an International Financial Consultant Firm, registered
in London for investment purpose, and he deposited some diamonds with a
security firms in Europe, and also has a fixed deposit account with a bank
in Europe with a huge outstanding balance. Fortunately, I was made the
beneficiary/next of kin to all these deposits in the case of uncertainty,
but it was so unfortunate that he was killed before time. Now my family is
being marginalized and brutally treated and was kept in isolation of
participant in any event in my country. The worse of it all was that we have
been restricted from traveling abroad and the government seized all our
traveling documents, and we’ve been placed under security surveillance to
monitor all our activities. I am completely devastated and incapacitated to
coordinates all these ventures, hence I am contacting you for your solemnly
assistance.



I have secretly without the knowing of anyone written to the Finance firm in
London and to the diamonds deposited companies in Europe about my intention
as the next of kin to transfer ownership of the funds and the diamonds to my
trusted representative since I am incapacitated to continue running the
affairs from where my husband stopped. I have also notified the bank in
Europe about my intentions. But most importantly, is to quicken the process
of this transfer of ownership of all these deposits to your name, so as to
prevent my government from detecting such deposits belonging to my late
husband, otherwise it would be confiscated and my future will be finished.
The companies are at standby waiting for my instructions and the details of
my appointed representative to enable them to execute the transaction and
relinquish all the properties to my chosen and trusted representative.



I am therefore soliciting for your loyalty, trustworthiness and cooperation
to help me to stand as my representative to receive these funds and the
diamonds on my behalf from the companies pending when I would find a way to
escape from my country to be with you. I am granting you an open negotiation
to decide or say what I can offer you as reward for your assistance in this
regard. I want in your continual efforts, to hold the funds and the diamonds
in your absolute control and to re-invest the funds in any viable business
that could generate profits preferably into real estate pending my arrival
to your country. I would be glad to settle down in your country if you can
help me to arrange for immigrant visa.



If you are interested to help me, please respond swiftly via my telephone or
by return mail and furnish me with your detailed info so I would forward to
the companies to process the change of beneficiary to your name. And I will
provide you with the contact info of the companies to enable you to write
them officially and request for the transfer of the properties/funds to your
destination. I will issue you my power of attorney in this regard.



You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us.



Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE (WIDOW)
FROM:

MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE.

Liberia.



ATTN: Sir/Madam,



Kindly accepts my apology for sending my mail to you. I am a true God
fearing person, and I want you to trust me and help me out in this my
condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the
fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on
your country in the Internet.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and
fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent
headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

My Name is MRS. SUZANA NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My
late Husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in
Liberia. My Husband was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles
Taylor killed him. You can verify this from some of the international
newspapers posted in the web sites below:

(I)http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii) http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Two days before the arrest and killing of my husband, he handed over to me
the documents of deposits he made in some countries. He deposited huge
amount of money with an International Financial Consultant Firm, registered
in London for investment purpose, and he deposited some diamonds with a
security firms in Europe, and also has a fixed deposit account with a bank
in Europe with a huge outstanding balance. Fortunately, I was made the
beneficiary/next of kin to all these deposits in the case of uncertainty,
but it was so unfortunate that he was killed before time. Now my family is
being marginalized and brutally treated and was kept in isolation of
participant in any event in my country. The worse of it all was that we have
been restricted from traveling abroad and the government seized all our
traveling documents, and we’ve been placed under security surveillance to
monitor all our activities. I am completely devastated and incapacitated to
coordinates all these ventures, hence I am contacting you for your solemnly
assistance.



I have secretly without the knowing of anyone written to the Finance firm in
London and to the diamonds deposited companies in Europe about my intention
as the next of kin to transfer ownership of the funds and the diamonds to my
trusted representative since I am incapacitated to continue running the
affairs from where my husband stopped. I have also notified the bank in
Europe about my intentions. But most importantly, is to quicken the process
of this transfer of ownership of all these deposits to your name, so as to
prevent my government from detecting such deposits belonging to my late
husband, otherwise it would be confiscated and my future will be finished.
The companies are at standby waiting for my instructions and the details of
my appointed representative to enable them to execute the transaction and
relinquish all the properties to my chosen and trusted representative.



I am therefore soliciting for your loyalty, trustworthiness and cooperation
to help me to stand as my representative to receive these funds and the
diamonds on my behalf from the companies pending when I would find a way to
escape from my country to be with you. I am granting you an open negotiation
to decide or say what I can offer you as reward for your assistance in this
regard. I want in your continual efforts, to hold the funds and the diamonds
in your absolute control and to re-invest the funds in any viable business
that could generate profits preferably into real estate pending my arrival
to your country. I would be glad to settle down in your country if you can
help me to arrange for immigrant visa.



If you are interested to help me, please respond swiftly via my telephone or
by return mail and furnish me with your detailed info so I would forward to
the companies to process the change of beneficiary to your name. And I will
provide you with the contact info of the companies to enable you to write
them officially and request for the transfer of the properties/funds to your
destination. I will issue you my power of attorney in this regard.



You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us.



Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE (WIDOW)


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