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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: bokweedwin@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:14:00 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HOW=20ARE=20YOU=20TODAY?=

BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

IT IS MY PROFUND GRATITUDE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR ASSITANCE.I KNOW THIS LETTER
MAY COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE,I WAS INTRODUCED TO YOU BY A FAMILY FRIEND
WHO WAS ONCE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LIBERIA,ALTHOUGH I DID
NOT DISCLOSED MY INTENTION OF WRITING YOU TO HIM.
I AM MR BOKWE EDWIN,THE PERSONAL ADVISER TO PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR FORMER
LIBERIAN PRESIDENT.I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU BEFORE NOW BUT BECAUSE OF
THE CRISIS WE HAD IN LIBERIA THAT WAS WHY THE WRITING WAS DELAYED.

DURING THE TENURE OF PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR,HE DEPOSITED THREE BILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS INTO HIS PRIVATE ACCOUNT IN OVERSEAS ALSO HE
DEPOSITED
TWENTY THREE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS(23,000,000.00)ONLY INTO A
SECURITY
COMPANY AS PRECIOUS ITEMS FOR SAFE KEEPING,BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM,HE
HAS BEEN SENT OUT FOR EXILE AND NOW HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO NIGERIA FOR A
POLITICAL ASYLUM BY THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA WHERE HE IS NOW.

DURING THIS CRISIS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA URGED MR CHARLES TAYLOR
TO RETURN BACK THE THREE BILLION DOLLARS WHICH HE ELOPED FROM THE LIBERIAN
GOVERNMENT WHICH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

NOW MY BOSS MR CHARLES TAYLOR HAS URGED ME TO LOOK FOR A COMPETENT
,GODFEARING
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS HIS PARTNER IN OVERSEA SO AS TO HELP HIM
CLAIM THIS BOXES/FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMAPNY.ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
RELATED TO THE CLAIM OF THIS FUND IN THE SECURITY COMPANY HAS BEEN HANDED
OVER TO ME,SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS BUSINESS YOU SHOULD EMAIL ME
ON MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS bokwe_edwin@yahoo.com OR CALL ME ON MY
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER 44-7-851616601.I AM NOW IN LONDON JUST BECAUSE OF
THIS TRANSACTION. FOR FURTHER INFROMATION RELATED TO THIS CLAIM.

FINALLY AS A PARTNER TO THIS BUSINESS MY BOSS HAS AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25%
FROM THE TOTAL SUM, 5% FOR THE EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE ENCURRED DURING THE
EXECUTION OF THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 70% WILL BE FOR US ANDYOU SHOULD ALSO
BEAR IN MIND THAT YOU WILL HELP US FINACIALLY WHEN THE NED ARISE. YOU WILL
ALSO HELP US TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY.
BEST REGARDS.

MR BOKWE EDWIN
PERSONAL ADVISER TO FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT(MR CHARLES TAYLOR)





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