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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • lunuhan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lucia Nuhan" <nuhanluce@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 10:50:51 +0100
Subject: Help Me Please Me

Dear Friend,

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. I
want you to trust me and help me out in this my
condition. I believe you are a highly respected
personality, considering the fact that I sourced your
profile from a human resource profile database on your
country in the Internet.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar
with events and fragile political situation in Liberia
but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN,
BBCnews bulletins.

My Name is Miss. Lucia Nuhan 20 years old and my
mother is Susan Nuhan from Liberia, a Country in West
Africa, now seeking for refugee in Dakar-Senegal under
the(UNHCR). The only surviving daughter and my mother
a widow who is presently in Hospital in Dakar-Senegal.
My late Father is Issac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of
Public Works in Liberia. My Father was falsely accused
of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles
Taylor killed him. I am looking looking for someone
who can take me as child I promise to be obedient to
you and I will bring happiness to your life.

I got your contact from the Internet Search. I want
you to assist me in this transaction. The deposit
documents indicate me as the next of kin. Presently, I
am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy
foriegn personality to help me.

You can verify this from 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_66
21.asp

Before my Father was killed, he moved out the sum of
$5.2 million and deposited it with a Finance Company.

All that is needed is for me to instruct the Finance
company to transfer the fund to your account, We will
renumerate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is
that I solicit your trust in this transaction.

Kindly include your Full Name, Private Telephone and
Fax Numbers where you can always be reached, your
Residential or Company Address to enable him send
detail information/documents that will enable you
receive the fund without any problem either now or in
future as all modalities as been perfected.

As soon as I get your full acceptance I will forward
you the contact informations of the Finance company.
My email address is lunuhan@yahoo.com

I will send my picture when I hear from you. Please
your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

MISS. LUCIA NUHAN

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