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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "susane vaye" <susanevaye10@verizonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:54:35 -0500
Subject: HELLO

My Dear Friend,

Wishing you the best compliments of the season and a prosperous new year with hope that you will find time to read my mail.Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you at the wake of this 2006 as this happens to be the only avenue for me to get across to you,besides i have choosen to call you my friend with best of hope that you will have a very kind heart so full of consciences,love considering human nature to be able to understand my situation and help me find a solution and rescue over this my incident because you seem to be my last hope for now.

I believe you are a highly respected personality considering a careful research which i have been able to make inrespect to your person,before i decided to entrust this transactions and database in your country and into your able hands which i beleive you will not betray my trust and confidence already repossed on you.
Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation particularly in Africa and especially in Liberia which has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.
My name is MRS.SUSANE NUHAN VAYE from Liberia,a Country in West Africa.My Husband is Issac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works,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 your country.
You can also check in some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below:
(i) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii)http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_6621.asp
Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $6.7million(Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars) through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company overseas.
All that is needed is for you to agree in helping me then i shall give you vivid details through my lawyer to instruct the company to transfer the funds to your account, I will renumerate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction i know this sounds too good to be true,but beleive me,that you shall not in anyway be expossed to danger or ridicule because the continued existence of my family solely depends on ensuring that i get a partner who will truely assist me in securing the money in safe hands before it is been discovered and confisticated by the authorities of my country.

Even with the new wake of democracy which has been embraced by Liberia still has not done any good but rather complicated the whole issue as all efforts has always been sabotaged by the aillies of (CHARLES TAYLOR)
(1http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracyafrica_democracy/liberia_peace_3013.jsp
(2)http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2004-1/conference%202004-1-papers/Burnell-2804.pdf

Which has even contributed in making my condition to worsen leaving me with little hope as i have been confined only to our home country with all my telephone calls been closely monitored,so my only means of communication is through this meduim of writting you on net, as this will help keep proper confidentiality for us both.

kindly include your private telephone and fax numbers/residential address where you can always be reached if you are in the need to help me to enable me send detail information/documents to you.

Once more,i will appreciate you keep this information and transaction strictly confidential even if you are not interested to save me from the risk of running into trouble as this the only way i can cry out for help through any reasonable and responsible christian or devote muslism who will rescue my situation.
MAY GOD/ALLAH BLESS YOU AS WE ENTER INTO THIS NEW 2006.WHICH BRINGS US JUBILIATION

Mrs Susane Vaye.

(PLEASE REPLY TO susannevaye@yahoo.com) as i await ernestly to hear positively from you.

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