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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: "Fg Bs" <ffff@virtualgetlinked.com>
Reply-To: wangqin1@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:08:51 +0000
Subject: RE:SOS

Dear Sir,

Please do not be upset for receiving my email, sorry for that i know we have
not
meet before, is a benefited deal I am the confidant of the ex-president of
the
Liberia ( Mr. president Charles Taylor of Liberia) who was removed from
power
as you may know. his now rightly in Nigeria with his family as refugee
seeker, He
has secretly informed me to contact you and to liaise with you to invest the
sum of
US$38M ( thirty eight Million Dollars) which he deposited in a security firm
during
his tenure.

Now the procedures are that you will be given the contact of the security
firm in
Europe so that you will contact them to discuss with them on mode preferable
for
payment to you since he cannot come out in the open to use this money. You
will
stand as his partner in business so that it will be easier to receive the
money and
after the money is received by you a place of meeting in your country will
be
discuss for the sharing. You will act as his
partner in business when you contact the security firm where the fund was
deposited.

Upon request by you I will send to you the certificate of deposit of this
amount for
your
assurance. We are willing to concede up to 25% of the total sum to you for
all the
anticipated help from you hoping that it will cover all your expenditures
before and
after
the transaction.

However, we will desire that you will help us invest our share till they
will be free
to
meet you up in your country for further talks and sharing, Please if this
proposal is
Ok by
you, do reply via my direct email address:-

Kind Regards,
Barrister David Attah.
(on behalf of Charles Taylor ex-president)

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