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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: "suzan vaye" <opolopo_74@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: suzzynuhanvaye@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:13:50 +0000
Subject: TRUST/CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN:
Sir/Madam
Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you.I believe you
are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your
profile from a human resource profile database in your country.
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.SUSANE NUHAN VAYE from Liberia,a Country in West Africa.My
Husband is Issac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works,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 your country. You can also check in 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_6621.asp
Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of
$21.5million(twenty-one million five hundred thousand u.s dollars) through a
diplomatic means, and deposited it with a
Security Company overseas. All that is needed is for my lawyer to instruct
the company to transfer the funds to your account, I will renumerate you
with 20% at the end, 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, please I will advise you to contact my private email address
;suzzynuhanvaye@yahoo.co.uk.
kindly include your private telephone and fax numbers where you can always
be reached, your residential or company address to enable my lawyer send
detail information/documents to you.
I anticipate your reply which i hope will be soon.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Mrs Susane Vaye.


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