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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • suzanavaye222@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: suzanavaye111@mp4.it
Date: 5 Oct 2005 15:33:58 -0000
Subject: From Mrs Suzana Vaye,


>From Mrs Suzana Nuhan Vaye,



Good day,



Kindly accept apology sending my mail to you. I am soliciting for your assistance to help me out im my condiction. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from human resource database on your country in the internet. though I do not know to what extent you are familar with events and fragle political situation in LIBERIA but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN BBC news bulletins.



My name is MRS SUZANA VAYE from liberia, a country in west africa. My late Husband is Isaac Nuhan vaye, Deputy minister of public works in 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 some of the international newspapers posted in the web site below.



{1} http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

[2] http://www.unwire.org/unwire/20030716/449_6621.asp,



Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $32.7 through a diplomatic means, and Deposited it with a security company abroad. All that is needed is for me to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account. I will remunerate you with 25% of the fund at the end, but you most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction and confidentiality that you will not sit on the fund when it is been transfer into your nominated bank account. I have been confined only to our country home and all my calls are monitor, should you be interested in this transaction please feel free to contact me on my private email address: {suzanavaye222@yahoo.com}

Please your urgent response is needed.

Best regards,

Mrs Suzana Nuhan vaye {Widow}



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