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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)
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Fraud email example:

From: "MUSTAPHA TRAORE" <mustaphatraore@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mustafatraore@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:23:00 -0400
Subject: Assistance required:Mustafa Junior Traore.

Assistance required:Mustafa Junior Traore.
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE,
WEST AFRICA.

Dear Friend,

I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will
receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality;I got your address through my personal search for reliable
person that can help me in securing the safe keeping of the fund till my
arrival in your country.
My name is Mustafa Junior Traoré Son to Col.Mustafa Traore,my late father
was the chief of security and operations for the former
president Charles Taylor of Liberia.

The intense pressure from United States, United Nations,international
community and West African peace keeping (ECOMOG) and also pressure
to face war crime charges against humanity had made the former
president Charles Taylor to step aside and gone on exile .

listen very carefully, you know my country Liberia is very rich with
diamonds,and with my late fathers position as former chief of security and
operations he accumulated so much diamonds which he had sold to generate
close to $US 22 millions over the years and it is this fund that I want to
move to you for safe keeping.

My late father deposited the box containing this money in a SECURITY
COMPANY here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.He deposited the box as FAMILY
VALUABLES and not as money.He did this because he does not want any one to
know the real content of the box.

If you are capable and know that you will truly and honestly help me,
write me now, time is no more on my side. I will give you 25% of the fund
and I will come over to your country to take my part to invest on profitable
business. Extend a friendly hand and help me. Please bear in mind that this
fund is not loaned or stolen money but rather hard earned money generated.

Please for us to conclude this transaction I will want you to send me the
following information.

(1) Your full name.
(2) Your residential house address.
(3) Your direct telephone and fax number
(4) Your age and occupation.
(5) Marital status.

Once I received these informations from you I will be sending to you the
contact of the SECURITY COMPANY to enable you contact them for the release
of the box.Call me as soon as you receive this mail for urgent explainations
please so that i can direct you on how to contact the security company.
22507784954.

May God bless you for your interest to assist me and I await your reply.

Yours sincerely.

Mustafa Junior Traoré.

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