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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: "richsnowe" <richsnowe@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:57:57 -0600
Subject: Desired Attention


Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal believing that it will receive the most desired attention from you even as we have not had any previous correspondence, Although, I am constrained by insufficient information about you, but I will express in full the main objectives of this proposal.

I am Mr.Richard Snowe Personal Aide to the former Liberian President Mr. Charles Taylor. whose name became synonymous with a decade of conflict in West Africa, is behind bars at a U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone facing 11 counts of war crimes during the country's 1991-2002 civil war. It is no news that due to the resolution of the United Nations over the prolonged civil war in Liberia that his Excellency Mr.Charles Taylor was ordered and advised to surrender and hand over power to his Deputy which cumulated to the hand over power to the present democratic government now in Liberia.

As a matter of fact, The former President have what I will call his family last hope of survival (money)in amount of $115,000,000M to be transfer to any foreign and trusted person who will be ready to Assist him to invest this fund into any good business, as he can no longer have any other means of livelihood.

It may interest you to know this money was meant for purchase of Ammunition for the former president during Liberian civil war when he was in power and as a normal routine the money was lodged with Security Finance Company in ACCRA GHANA pending when the Ammunitions are supplied to his special trained military in some where in Guinea before the money can be transferred to the supplier account.

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$115 Million Dollars in whish he deposited in the custody of Security Finance Company before it will be discovered by International Community or Liberian Government.You can log on to CNN news to read more

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/28/taylor.nigeria/index.html

Therefore, if you are interested to work with me for the safely moving of the fund to you or any nominated choice of yours, I would like both of us to come into agreement first on how you are going to manage the money if transferred to you before we can start the process of transferring the fund out of the Security Company and I am assuring you that this business is a free one. Your shares stays with you at the end of the successful transfer of the money while the rest will be for Mr. Charles Taylor for investment purpose in your country which will be under your care and mine too pending the outcome of his trial.

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 will be counting on your secrecy and confidentiality over this information and the transaction in general as I hope you will react promptly to this mail as a matter of courtesy and seriousness over this business transaction.

Yours sincerely
Richard Snowe
Personal Aide to the former Liberian President.

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