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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID DUNBAR" <dunbar.dunbar@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dunbar_dunbar1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:31:22 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION!!!.

FROM:DAVID DUNBAR


ATTENTION:

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

Please I have made up my mind to contact you for assistance, after
considering your outstanding performance in business. There are certain
times in ones life time that whether or not one indicate interest for
certain assignment, people would look for him/her for assistance. In view of
this I got your contact when i was making a research on a foreigner i will
use in this great opportunity.

PLEASE THIS BUSINESS IS SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL AND LEGITIMATE I NEED YOUR FULL
COOPERATION FOR US TO MOVE THIS FUND TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR BUSINESS
INVESTMENT.

My reason for writing to you is for the fact that I need to make a transfer
of US$7.5Million and 3,750 of diamonds and the sizes are 10.5 to 25 karat to
your Country and this requires to be done through a trusted person, who will
not seat on the fund after the Transfer of the fund.

INTRODUCTION
I am David Dunbar, the son of Dr. Jenkins Dunbar, the formal minister for
Land, mines and energy to formal President Charles Taylor of Liberia in
1997-2003. His business partner, about some months ago poisoned him to
death, and he died in a private Hospital in Malabo Equatorial Guinea. When
he was about to die, he (secretly) called me beside his Sick bed and told me
that he deposited the sum of (USD7.5Million United State Dollars and also
diamonds) in the SG-SSB BANK in west Africa Ghana, that’s what my father
told me before he pass away and this funds and diamonds was aqua from the
sales of diamond by my father when he was in position as a minister.

All arrangement has been perfect and terms agree upon. To this end 20% of
the total sum transferred has been offered to you for your service, while
half (1/2 %) has been mapped out for expenses incurred on both side during
the course of the transaction.

Your immediately reply through face-to-face or e-mail or phone. Above
acknowledging the receipt of this letter and expressing your interest
therein shall be appreciated as to enable me furnish you with more details
and explanation on the modalities of the transfer.
Thank you have a blessed day.

BEST REGARD

DAVID DUNBAR

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