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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: "allan daramy" <allandaramy1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister_joseph_chamber2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:02:05 -1000
Subject: ARE YOU CAPABLE TO TRAVEL FOR CLAIM.

BARRISTER JOSEPH E . OKOYE CHAMBERS
SUITE A 205 2ND FLOOR SHOPPING PLAZA,
IKEJA, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE
Email: barrister_joseph_chamber2005@yahoo.com

Attention: Please,
With much sincerity of purpose we make this contact with you after
satisfactory information we gathered from the International Trade office of
the Liberian Chamber of Commerce here in Liberian though we did not disclose
the nature of the transaction to them, believing that you will provide us a
feasible solution to job /services.

My name is Barrister Joseph Okoye (Esq.).I am the Family Secretary/legal
adviser to the former President Charles Taylor before he was forced out of
power and sent into exile in Nigeria. The family has huge sums of money
about
Seventy Five Million United States Dollars ($75M) safely deposited with a
security Company in Europe.

President Taylor wants to invest the money but want me to look for a trusted
and honest person who can invest this money on his family's behalf as proxy.
I have chosen you because of your track record as a honest person. You will
be paid Management/Trusteeship fees of 30% of the total sum for managing and
investing the funds as proxy on behalf of the family.

You will be required to travel to Europe to claim the funds, I will issue
you
a letter of Power of Attorney and the certificates of Deposit to enable you
take delivery of the funds from the security company in Europe. Please tell
me in confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest this huge amount of
money
successfully? Have you ever handle such huge amount of money before? How old
are you? Please advise most urgently.

I look forward to your response.
Regards,
PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS: barrister_joseph_chamber2005@yahoo.com
My Telephone No: 234-8038224520.

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