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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024061870 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Anthony Williams" <anthonywilliams02@msn.com>
Reply-To: awconsultant200@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:45:48 +0000
Subject: From:Mr.Anthony Williams/Reply

From:Mr.Anthony Williams
Diplomatic courier unit
London-United Kingdom,
Tel:+44-702-406-1870

I am a Diplomat attache to the Diplomatic courier unit of the International
Diplomatic Corps here in London, we handle all clearance and delivery of all
diplomatic luggages and parcel in and out of this country International
missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services
to satisfaction. A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist
her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of
money from a PRIVATE VAULT COMPANY in Europe.

The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their country
home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a result, it’s
absolutely impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the
money. Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being
contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their
behalf.

In order to clear any misgivings or doubts that you may have, it is
imperative that I give you an insight of who the benefactor is. I do not
know how conversant you are with events and the fragile political situation
in Liberia but it has made consistent headlines on CNN, BBC and several news
bulletins around the world. The benefactor is Mrs.Suzana Isaac Nuhan Vaye,
wife of the late Deputy Minister of Works in Liberia (Isaac Nuhan Vaye) who
was murdered by Taylor during the regime of President Charles Taylor on the
false accusation and trumped up charges of trying to overthrow Charles
Taylor.

The late Isaac Nuhan Vaye raised a substantial amount of money from Diamond
Sales over a period of six years and these funds were carefully moved out
and deposited in a private vault in Europe for safekeeping before his
assassination by Charles Taylor.

The amount accrued from the Diamond sales over this period of six years is
USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars) and these funds are fully free of
any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no criminal origin.

The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted when
the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the source
of the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no
links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and her Children
have agreed to give you 25% of the total amount of money which is equivalent
to US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) your role in this transaction involves among others,retrieving the
funds on their behalf from the vault, and investing it in lucrative
business of your choice,all the information needed to claim the funds would
be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as
well as providing the following information to facilitate the
smooth conclusion of the transaction.

1) Your Full Name:------------------------------------------
2) Your Address:---------------------------------------------
3) Your Telephone Number:---------------------------
4) Your Fax Number:--------------------------------------
5) Your Mobile Number:---------------------------------
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:------------------------------------------------------
7) Occupation:
8) Age:

You can verify the authenticity of this letter on one of the worlds'
top Newspapers below:

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

I await your response Urgently.

>From Mr Anthony Williams

****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential
and may be legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction, copying,distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly
prohibited

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