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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: "Monica Vaye" <monicavaye115za@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: monicavaye@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:18:05 +0200
Subject: Personal Message From Mrs. Suzana Nuhan Vaye

Personal Message From Mrs. Suzana Nuhan Vaye

Dear Sir,


This letter was bound out of my desire to establish a business relationship
with you considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human
resource profile database in your country.

My name is Mrs.Monica Nuhan Vaye the widow of the Deputy Minister of Public
Works, Mr. Issac Nuhan Vaye of Liberia in West Africa. My Husband was
falsely accused of plotting to remove the then President of Liberia
(Charles Taylor) from office. Without trial, Charles Taylor killed him. You
can verify this from your country. You can also check in some of the
international newspapers posted in the web sites below:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of us$21.5m (Twenty One
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) through a diplomatic
means, this money is safely kept in the security vault of a private security
company in Johannesburg pending when I will find a trusted foreign business
partner.

I am interested in any business you think can be very viable in your country
as long as the business will not fail me because the lives of my son and I
depends on this money . In your reply please indicate a few businesses you
think will be of mutual benefit to both of us. We will be glad to part with
a reasonable percentage of the total fund to you for all your assistance
towards moving this money out of Johannesburg to your country and helping us
in term of reasonable investment opportunities that will be of mutual
benefit to my family and your humble self.

The security company based on my instructions will release the fund to you
on the fact that
you will be presented as our oversea partner who will be fronting for us in
area of business you deem profitable.

I plead with you to treat this issue confidentially.
If my proposal interests you, please forward your reply including your
telephone number and fax numbers to my private email address
monicavaye@hotmail.com ; Tel: +27-83-341-3330 so that i can provide you with
more details about the transaction.

Thank you for your anticipated co operation while i await your urgent
response.


Yours Sincerely,

Mrs.Monica Nuhan Vaye.

Mr.Frank Nuhan Vaye (Son)

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