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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: johannesseiso2002@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:44:12 +0200
Subject: mutual trust/investments

MR JOHANNES SEISO
TEL/FAX:+27-83-549-2613.
EMAIL:johannesseiso2002@yahoo.ca


Dear Sir/Madam,

Kindly accept 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.( SAINO) South African Information Network Online.

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 MR JOHANNES SEISO from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My late Father is MICULLA J.SIESO, Deputy Minister of Public Works in Liberia. My Father 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

Before my Father was killed, he moved out some of his futune the total sum of $USD9.5 million
through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company Safe Vault in johannesburg South Africa were we are presently seeking asylum.

All that is needed is for us to get a reliable person that would assist us in seeing that we pull the money out of the security company and have it transfered overseas for investment. I will remunerate you with 20% of the total at the end of a successful tranfers into your nominated bank account, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction.I have
been confined only to our country home and all my calls are monitored, So I will advise you contact me through my private contact number stated above for onward proceedings: -

Kindly include your Full Name, Private Telephone and Fax Numbers where you can always be reached, your Residential or Company Address to enable
him send detail information/documents that will enable you receive the fund without any problem either now or in future as all modalities has been perfected.

Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MR JOHANNES SEISO. (SON)
(for the family)

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