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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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Fraud email example:

From: "mrs suzana vaye" <suzanavaye@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: suzanavaye23@yahoo.com.au
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:18:59 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
From Mrs Suzana Nuhan Vaye,

Atten: Dear Friend,

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE MY DIAMONDS & CASH VALUE OF US$21.800,000.00
DEPOSITED ABROAD

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. I am soliciting for
your assistance to 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 VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My late
Husband is Isaac 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
(ii) http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_66 21.asp

Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $21.8 million and large
Quantities of Diamonds through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with
a Security Company abroad. All that is needed is for me to instruct the company
to transfer the Funds/diamonds to your account, I will remunerate you with
25% of the fund at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust
in this transaction and comfidentiality that you will not sit on the fund
when it is been transfer into your nominated Bank account. I have been confined
only to our country home and all my calls are monitored, should you be interested
in this transaction please feel free to contact me on my private Email Address:
suzanavaye23@yahoo.com.au

Please your urgent response is needed. Also, contact phone and address is
required.

Best Regards.

Mrs Suzana Vaye (WIDOW)


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