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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: "yusuf ugo" <yuchambers3@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 03:13:13 +0100
Subject: SEEKING FOR INVESTMENT


(PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW)



Dear Sir/Madam


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 Barrister Yusuf Ugo 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 is now
rigthtly in nigeria with his family as refugee seeker, He has secretly in
formed me to contact you and to liase with you to invest the sum of $35
thirty five Million Dollars) which he deposited in a bank during his tenure.

Now the proceedures are that you will be given the contact of the bank in
europe so that you will contact them to open an account online where the
money will be transfered into from his account since he can not come out
in the open to use this money. After you open this account, I will order
the bank in a written form to transfer the money into your own account
afetr which you can then transfer it to some other account in your place
for sharing.

Upon request by you I will send to you the certificate of deposit of this
amount for your assurance. We are willing to conceed 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,so that i can give you all
informations. please write me back via this
address(yuchamber2006@lawyer.com)

Best Regards,
Barrister.Yusuf Ugo
(on behelf of charles taylor ex-president

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