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

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Joy. Mba" <joy_mba86@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 01:38:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM:MISS.JOY.MBA.I NEED YOUR URGENT INVESTMENT HELP.


Attn:

Dear beloved one,

I am Miss Joy MBA ,the only Daugther of Late Mr.PAUL MBA,A special advicer to president Charles Taylor of Liberia who is presntly living in Nigeria on political assyllum.
With great regret and deep sorrow, for the death of my beloved father who died in political crisis,in the Hands of the Rebels in Liberia,because of his full commitment for political matters when the crisis in Liberia started.leaving a great vaccum and responsibility to shoulder.However,due to the nature of his job and commitment with the former president,he was separated from my mother five years ago before his sudden death.

Some few hours before his sudden death he called my attention concerning some huge amount of money he acquired from his project,from sales he made in cash $1.5M.USD {ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND,AMERICAN DOLLARS} from liberia diamond and timber trades during the administration of president Charles Taylor.

This money is presently with INTERNATIONAL BANK (LIBERIA) LIMITED Address: 64 Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia.

What I have here with me iS the Certificate of Deposite,which my late father handed over to me before his sudden death, to futher my education and to invest part of the money in profitable areas you know very well,which i will send the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT to you as this transaction proceeds.

However because of the relationship between my late father and charles Taylor,i was taken along with his family to Nigeria for political assylum,which am now in assylum camp in Nigeria.

The seroiuse problem at hand now is that, the world court has given Nigerian government a mandate to hand over Charles Taylor to answer for his past deeds in Liberia at the world court and since this issue of world court case came up,I was in serious pains and helpless,so presently i was abandoned and rejected in Lagos refugee camp by Mr. Charles Taylor,while he stays in Calabar city in another state enjoying with his family.

My beloved one in God almighty, please I need your foreign partnership to assistme in claiming this money with the Bank in Liberia as the Beneficiary of the fund.

I have spoken with the bank manager of the bank in Liberia,every process of this transaction is 100% legal and risk free.

I Await your reply and phone number for easy communication soonest.

Best Regards,

MISS JOY Mba.



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