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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: "johnson morris" <johnsonm090@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonmorris090@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:26:27 -0500
Subject: Business.

Dear Sir
My name is Morris Johnson. I was the director of special

duties to president Charles Taylor in Liberia. We the

former members of government are no longer in Liberia.

We are currently in exile outside our country.

I am requesting your cooperation for immediate

acceptance of my US$18,000,000.00 {Eighteen Million

United States Dollars Only}. This amount is my

compensation from unofficial payments made to our

government by foreign buyers of our major export,

diamonds, which were under my supervision. As the

former Director of Special Duties, President Charles

Taylor compensated me with these funds during our last

days in Liberia before we handed over power to the

interim government last summer.

All that has to do with the US$18M are decent, morally

sound, and legal. But the money is in United States

Dollars, which attracts undue attention especially

when it is connected with someone in and around

government. I therefore request that you receive and

keep the funds on my behalf until I am able to take

back control of it in a short period of time. Please

reply me urgently so you can receive the amount into

your bank account. Once the money is in your account,

feel free to keep 40% of it for your personal use as

compensation for your efforts, while the balance will

be kept for me until I can take control of it.

We shall sign a formal partnership agreement and I can

also make available my detailed profile and

photographs to assure you of my honesty and good

faith. Send me the following information: 1. Your

direct telephone and fax numbers. 2. Bank account

details where you want the money transferred into. I

need to call you and speak with you on phone and also

fax you the relevant documents before the funds will

be transferred into your bank account.

Yours faithfully,
Morris Johnson.

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