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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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Fraud email example:

From: "2341" <alexandria_cook@centrum.cz>
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 10:32:17 +0200
Subject: Respond soonest

AMLIB UNITED MINERALS INC
United Nations Drive
Monrovia,Liberia.
www.am-lib.com

Dear Beloved.


Compliments of the season. I am Alexandria Cook a Liberian, and Accountant Director of AMLIB UNITED MINERALS INC of Liberian, served under a terror leadership of Mr. Charles Taylor, former resident of Liberia and AmLib's President, Dr. Nathaniel Richardson, is a Liberian citizen. Now while taylor's family were Exile in Calabar, South-South-Nigeria West- Africa.

I wish to introduce to you a very important, confidential, urgent business and charity Assistant. Before my own family departure for exile in Nigeria a city called Lagos, President Charles Taylor and his bad associates have several millions of Dollars, which was acquired, through the "DIAMOND" business with a Washington firm, Jefferson Waterman International and a Liberian-based mining company ,AmLib United Minerals Company, which belongs to our People of Liberian and the US firm representative, is Mr. Ken Yates.

I was a member of social-political organization who informed an organization of Western African Regions called {ECOWAS}, United Nations leadership and other interested countries to seek help of the settle matter of the fractions in Liberian. Then with my post and position of Amlib company i refused the former president to withdraw all Amlib's fund allocated to the security company. Due to this matter, he has illegal instructed a New interim president Mr.Bryant and Amlib president to find out the position of this fund so, that both can loot and share it accordingly.

In respect of this, Part of this fund was deposited in a security company in Acara Ghana with the help of AmLibs Chief Geologist, Dr. Isaac Boadi, who is Ghanaian citizen and formerly consulted for Ashanti Goldfields, Ltd., BHP The sum, precisely the sum of forty five million USD ($45M). Deposited and marked "AS A FAMILY TREASURE".
My good friend, present Accountant of this company has now mandated me to search for an honest, and trust worthy person like you, who could assist by going to europe to receive this funds deposited as family treasures in two boxes and then deposit the funds in a secured account.also we planned to use the fund to set-up an Investment for the interest of Liberian people and pensioner association of Liberian
in your place then open joint-venture on Diamond uncut ting investments under your care.

If you cannot assist me, please get back to me immediately so that l will contact another person. Your interest will be discussed when i receive your reply. If you are interested, please contact me on our Nigeria telephone No 234-80333 13642 or email due to security Reason's. I therefore confirm to you that this transaction is 100% risk free.
Your Sincerely

Mr.Alexandria Cook

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