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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: ppctaylor@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:58:21 +0100
Subject: Hello

DEAR FRIEND,
I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE WANDERING WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM,
BUT IT DOES'NT MATTER,AS YOU WHERE DULY RECOMMENDED TO ME BY SOME DIPLOMATIC
PERSONELS IN YOUR EMBASSY. I NEED NOT TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF AND HOW I WAS
SENT ON EXILE TO NIGERIA, A YEAR AGO.SINCE THEN I HAVE FACED A LOT PRESSURES
FROM MY OPPOSITIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS.EVEN NIGERIANS ARE NOT CONFORTABLE
WITH MY STAY IN THEIR COUNTRY, BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS GUARANTEED THAT NO
HARM WILL COME TO ME. HE HES BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME, BUT HE IS NOT WILLING
TO ASSIST ME IN INVESTING IN NIGERIA. I AM ALSO NOT WILLING TO DISCLOSE
TO HIM ABOUTTHE MONEY I KEPT IN GHANA. I WANTED TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN
NIGERIA,BUT I WAS STILL OBSERVING SITUATIONS IN NIGERIA,BEFORE BRINGING
IN THE MONEY.
I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO SEND THE FUNDS I LEFT IN GHANA OVERSEAS,THAT IS
WHERE YOU COME IN. WITH THE AID OF MY SECRET GHANIAN WIFE,I MANAGED TO TRANSFER
SOME MONIES INTO GHANA FROM LIBERIA. THEY ARE SAFELY KEPT IN A
SECURITY COMPANY, IN CASH TO THE TONE OF USD $40,000,000.00 (FOURTY MILLION
US DOLLARS).THIS IS NOT A JOKE, YOU WILL SEE FOR YOURSELF.
I NEED YOUR HELP TO RECIEVE THIS FUNDS IN YOUR COUNTRY, AND ALSO TO ASSIST
ME IN INVESTING THE FUNDS WISELY, MY PERSONAL ASSISTANT WILL SEE TO THAT.I
CANNOT LEAVE NIGERIA FOR NOW, FOR SECURITY REASONS.THAT CERTAINLY
MEANS THAT I MIGHT NOT BE PRESENT DURING THE TRANSACTION. I WILL GIVE YOU
ALL NESSESARY DETAILS REGARDING THE MONEY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION A SECRET, FOR I BELIEVE YOU CAN
HANDLE IT. YOU ARE TO GET 30% OF THE TOTAL AMMOUNT, IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME
TO INVEST IT IN YOUR COUNTRY. AND YOU WILL BE TOTALLY INCHARGE OF THE
TRANSCATIONS IN YOUR COUNTRY.PLEASE,I BELIEVE GOD WILL DEFINATALY SEE US
THROUGH THIS BUSSINESS,SO YOU SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR AT ALL,BECAUSE I BELIEVE
WE ARE GOING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS IN THE NEAREST FUTURE. YOU CAN REPLY ME
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: liberian_unity@yahoo.co.uk, ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO
GET STARTED, AND YOUR CONDITIONS IF NESSESARY. I WILL LISTEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS
YOUR HAVE TO OFFER, AS LONG AS WE PUT TRUST, AS THE KEY TO THIS TRANSACTION.I
WILL WAIT IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
I SERIOUSELY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.


MY REGARDS.


CHARLES TAYLOR


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