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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +31629317356 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "don vaye" <donvaye01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:21:05 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?URGENT RESPONSE PLEASE!!!

NAME:DON NUHAN VAYE
EMAIL:donvaye@walla.com
TEL:+31-629-317-356.

Dear Sir/madam,

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. 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 for some time now.

My Name is DON PEDROH VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My late
Brother is Issac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in Liberia. My
Brother 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 brother was killed, he had taken me to Accra-Ghana were he
deposited the sum of $12.5 million (Twelve Million,Five Hundred Thousand
America Dollars) with a Security Company.Now that I am here in the
Netherlands were I am presently seeking a political asylum,I would like you
to help me claim the fund as I can not do that myself because the law does
not permit me to do so as an asylum seeker.

I will remunerate you with 20% of the total money at the end, while 5% of
the money will be set aside for all expenses during the transaction.But most
of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction.

There is no risk of what so ever in this transaction.Should this interest
you ,please call or contact me through the e-mail adress stated below for
onward proceedings: -
donvaye@walla.com
Please your urgent response is needed.

Best Regards.

DON NUHAN VAYE.

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