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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • +448712518981 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • nuhch@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Christopher Nuhan Vaye" <nuhchr@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:05:00 +0100
Subject: RE: Personal Letter from Mr. Christopher Nuhan Vaye


Personal Letter from Mr. Christopher Nuhan Vaye
Liberia-West Africa

Dear Sir/Madam

This letter was bound out of my desire to establish a business relationship with you, considering the fact that I sourced your contact from the internet. My name is Mr. Christopher Nuhan Vaye the son of the Deputy Minister of Public Works, Mr. Issac Nuhan Vaye of Liberia in West Africa.

My father 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 your country. You can also check in some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

Before my father was killed, he moved out the sum of us$21.5m (Twenty One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company overseas. All that is needed is for you to act as my late father overseas partner to claim the consignment from the security company.

The cash was carefully packaged in a trunk box and deposited as Artefacts with the Security Company. The security company based on my instructions will release the fund to you on the fact that you will be presented as our overseas partner who will be fronting for us in area of business you deem profitable.

If you are willing to assist me in this matter, I shall give you 20% of the total sum for your assistance,75% for me and my family to invest in your country and a further 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred in the process of this transaction.

I need your full support and co-operation for the success of this transaction. I plead with you to treat this issue confidential and urgent because it is delicate and it demands a great degree of secrecy.

If my proposal interests you and you are serious and willing, you can reach me by fax only as I am presently in the United Kingdom for the purpose of this business for awhile.

Here is my Fax line: + 44-87-1251-8981
In your fax (response) please include your private email address as well as your personal information such as,

Your Full Name: Your Address:
Your Telephone No: Your Fax No:
Marital Status:

As soon as I receive your fax, I will call you on phone so that I can provide you with more details about the transaction.

Thank you for your anticipated co operation while I await your urgent response

Best regards,

Mr. Christopher Nuhan Vaye.

Fax: + 44-87-1251-8981
Email: nuhch@netscape.net

Anti-fraud resources:

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