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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Yerima Usman <yerima@usmanyerima.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:09:08 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE


FROM: Barrister Ibrahim Yerima
ATTENTION;SIR/MADAM
I am Barrister Ibrahim yerima, an International Legal Practitioner and a
Consultant I am one of the attonery to Former President of Liberia,MR CHARLES McARTHUR TAYLOR As you may be aware that he have been granted asylum in Nigeria by the President of Nigeria Chief and we are presently leaving in Calabar Eastern part of Nigeria.
Before the untimely departure of my client, he had through a security company
moved the sum of US$21.5m to a security company abroad .with the election of a new president in Liberia who have vowed to recover all loated Liberian funds my client can not deposit this funds in any bank with his name or invest it and coupled with the nature of the asylum status
granted us here in Nigeria, we can not move out of the country to arrange for the safeguarding of this funds.
Therefore I am asking for your conscent to submit stand as the owner of
the deposited consignment and also assist to invest this funds in any viable
venture in your country.
Please if you are interested in helping us to handle this project, kindly
make available to us the following information, Your full name,address,telephone
and Fax numbers. Also Copy of your Identification, After successfully receiving
the BOX,we will offer you 30% of the total fund for your assistance while
5% will be used for every expenses made at the cause of this transaction
while we arrange for our representative to come to your country to start
up a business with the balance 65% with your assistance .
PLEASE I WILL SEND TO YOU IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU THE CERTIFICATES
OF DEPOSIT ,CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TO YOUR NAME AND POWER OF AUTTORNEY TO
ENABLE YOU COLLECT/RECIEVE THIS BOX FROM THIS COMPANY DIPLOMAT.
NOTE :CHARLES TAYLOR
Thanks,
Your Sincerely,
Barrister Ibrahim Yerima

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