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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: billa ndombasi <bndombasi3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bndombasi@wanadoo.es
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:20:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPONCE


Dear Friend,
I am very sorry for the informal manner in which this letter is reaching you, as this was necessitated by my urgent need to reach a dependable and trustworthy foreign contact, This request may seem unsolicited for or perhaps otherwise but i hope to crave your indulgence and pray that you take my request seriously.
My name is BILA NDOMBASI and I work with diplomats who use their immunity and status to safe keep special and valuable packages in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy; working in collaboration with top firms and Governments of various countries.

A benefactor has mandated me to look for someone that can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a diplomatic Corps in Europe. 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. 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 Charles Taylor[former Liberian president] on the false accusation and trumped up charges of trying to overthrow him.

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 with a diplomatic courier service company in Europe for safekeeping before his assassination by Charles Taylor.

The total amount of money from the diamond sales is twenty-eight million, six hundred thousand United States dollars, and these funds are fully free of any liens, encumbrances and are clean, and has no criminal origin. The funds have no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

All information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them.
I await your response,

BILA NDOMBASI

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