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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:

• 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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
  • jamesbrodesq@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Suzan Vaye" <suzzyanvaye@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:02:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INVESTMENT



NAME:MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE
%BARR.JAMES BRODERICK (ATTORNEY)
EMAIL:jamesbrodesq@consultant.com

INVESTING OUR INHERITED FUNDS $21.5 MILLION US DOLLARS
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ATTN: MD/CEO
Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. I am a true God fearing person, and I want you to trust me and help me out in this my condition. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country in the Internet. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

My Name is MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a country in West Africa. My late Husband is Issac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in Liberia.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 some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below:

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

Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $21.5 million US dollars through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Vault Abroad.
And this money was meant for importation of agricultural machinery.All that is needed is for our lawyer to instruct the Vault Director to transfer the funds to your account, I will remunerate you with 30% at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust and honesty in this transaction. I have been confined only to our country home and all my calls are monitored, so I will advise you to contact my private LAWYER Mr.James Broderick on his contact stated below for onward proceedings: -

NAME:BARR.JAMES BRODERICK
EMAIL:jamesbrodesq@consultant.com

Kindly include your full name as all modalities has been perfected.

Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.
MRS.SUZANA NUHAN VAYE (WIDOW)






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