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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.
  • svc_2000@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: daniel ceha <del_chea@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 01:20:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your urgent response


Dear Sir,

Thank you for your kind attention to this mail. You just have to bear with me for being so open with information as contained in this mail that supposed to be a classified one. I am Mr. Daniel Chea, the former Defense Minister to former President Charles Taylor of Liberia.

During one of our trips to Ghana for a peace talk concerning the war in my country Liberia, former President Taylor deposited the sum of One Hundred Million [US$100,000,000.00] Dollars in a commercial Bank in Ghana. This Fund was budgeted for the purchase of Arms, Ammunitions and Logistics to fight the rebels whom fought to destabilize the democratically elected Government of Liberia as at the time.

For the purposes of peace and order in the country of Liberia, in the year 2003, various heads of state of African Union (Au) member states reached a consensus, a conditional peace agreement which allowed the Former President Charles Taylor, His family and a few of us, his cabinet members to go on political Asylum in Nigeria.

Now Nigerian Government have agreed on Saturday being 25th of March 2006 to turn Mr. Taylor over to the Liberian Government which they did by arresting him on a boarder between Nigeria and Cameroun of which I escape with all vital documents of Mr. Taylor so that he could face a U.N.-backed tribunal in Sierra Leone for war crime charges which he is now currently facing but before this new unfolding events. Though our original plan was after successful crossing to Cameroun un-noticed, I will proceed to Accra Ghana to take the task of arranging for the immediate evacuation of the US$100 Million Dollars in which he deposited in the Vault of the commercial bank in Ghana before it will be discovered by the International Community or Liberian Government.You can log on to cnn news to read more on this.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/28/taylor.nigeria/index.html
This is just an appeal to you for assistance as a non-African, to use your foreign account to transfer this fund as mentioned, out of which is now the only thing our families have to settle to for further lively hood. I have made this contact based on the on going court trials of Charles Taylor which the outcome might not be favorable to a few of us still in Calabar-Nigeria on political asylum.

I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total amount at the end of the successful transfer of the fund. Incase you suggest we meet one on one for further confirmation on this, I will only be available to meet with you in these countries Republic of Benin (Cotonu) Republic of Togo (Lome) or Ghana (Accra). The Nigeria Government is presently withholding my International Passport, I cannot go beyond this three West African countries from where I am now.

Please, if you are interested to assist in securing of the fund, kindly include your Full profile, Private Telephone and Fax numbers where you can always be reached, Your Residential or Company Address to enable me send some other important information across to you.

I expect your urgent response. Do respond through this forwarding email address or alternatively on this, svc_2000@excite.com.

Respectfully,
Daniel.

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