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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: "ROLAND NUHAN VAYA" <roland.vaya@fnbmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:14:06 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ AND RESPOND

FROM ROLAND NUHAN VAYA
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
TELE/ +225 080 573 23

DEAR RESPECTFUL ONE,

I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE CONSIDERING THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FORMAL ACQUAINTANCE BEFORE .BUT ALL THE
SAME I WOULD WANT YOU FOR THE SAKE OF GOD TO GIVE THIS AN IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE SECURITY OF OUR LIVE AND
POSSESSION IS AT STAKE .

I AM ROLAND VAYA JUNIOR A 18 YEARS OLD FROM WAR RAVAGED LIBERIAN BUT
PRESENTLY DOMICILED IN ABIDJAN IVORY COAST WITH MY SISTER JUDITH WHO IS
16 YEARS OLD .MY FATHER MR ISSAC NUHAN VAYA WHO BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY
ASSASSINATION BY THE REBELS WAS THE DIRECTOR OF LIBERIAN DIAMOND
CORPORATION (LDC) .HE WAS KILLED IN OUR GOVERNMENT RESIDENTIAL HOUSE
ALONG SIDE TWO OF MY OTHER BROTHERS ,TWO HOUSE MAIDS AND ONE GOVERNMENT
ATTACHED SECURITY GUARD FORTUNATELY FOR I, MY YOUNGER SISTER AND
MOTHER ,WE WERE ON A WEEK END VISIT TO OUR HOME TOWN AS WE GOT THE NEWS
OF THE TRAGEDY .WE IMMEDIATELY MANAGED TO RAN INTO NEIGHBOURING
IVORY COAST FOR REFUGE .BUT INFORTUNATELY AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT ,WE LOST
OUR DEAR MOTHER (MAY SOUL REST IN PEACE) AS A RESULT OF WHAT THE DOCTOR
CALLED CARDIAC ARREST .

AS WE WERE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY ,WE HAD SOME DOCUMENTS OF A DEPOSIT
OF $ 15 500 000 USD (FIVETEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD ) MADE BY
MY LATE FATHER IN A SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY.ACCORDING TO MY FATHER, HE
INTENDED TO USE THIS FUND FOR HIS TERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION AFTER
HIS TENURE IN OFFICE BUT WAS UNFORTUNATELY MURDERED .WE HAD LOCATED THE
SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THE MONEY IS DEPOSITED WITH THE HELP OF AN
ATTORNEY AND ESTABLISHED OWNERSHIP .PLEASE RIGHT NOW ,WITH THE BITTER
EXPERIENCES WE HAD IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE WAR STILL GOING ON ESPECIALLY
IN DIAMOND AREA WHICH INCIDENTALLY IS WHERE WE HAIL FROM COUPLED WITH THE
INCESSANT POLITICAL UPHEAVALS AND HOSTILITIES IN THIS COUNTRY IVORY
COAST.


WE DESIRE SERIOUSLY TO LEAVE HERE AND LIVE THE REST OF OUR LIFE INTO A
MORE PEACEFUL AND POLITICALLY STABLE COUNTRY LIKE YOURS HENCE THIS
PROPOSAL AND REQUEST .WE THEREFORE WISH YOU CAN HELP US IN THE
FOLLOWING REGARDS :

1) TO PROVIDE US WITH A GOOD BANK ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO
2) TO HELP US INVEST THE MONEY INTO A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS .
3) TO ASSIST I AND MY SISTER JUDITH GET A COLLEGE ADMISSION TO FURTHER
OUR EDUCATION.

PLEASE I KNOW THAT , THIS LETTER MAY SOUND STRANGE AND INCREDIBLE TO YOU
BUT THE CNN AND THE BBC AFRICAN BULLETIN NORMALLY HAVE IT AS THEIR MAJOR
NEWS FEATURES. THEREFORE FOR THE SAKE OF GOD AND HUMANITY GIVE AN
IMMEDIATE POSITIVE CONSIDERATION AND REPLY TO ME VIA OUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.
I WILL WILLINGLY AGREE TO ANY SUITABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY YOU WILL
PROPOSE AS YOUR COMPENSATION FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE
ABOVE .

PLEASE IN VIEW OF OUR SENSITIVE REFUGEE STATUS AND AS WE ARE STILL
CONSCIOUS OF OUR FATHER 'S ENEMIES .I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE THIS A
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL APPROACH. FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION
TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE
CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7)WORKING DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

PLEASE RESPOND WITH THIS EMAIL AD:( vaya@k.ro), FOR MORE INFORMATIONS.OR
YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY DIRECT TELEPONER LINE/+22508057323,

ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
YOURS SINCERELY.
ROLAND NUHAN VAYA

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