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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:
  • "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 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.
  • suzananvaye@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: suz@nuhansuz.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:14:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE


SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE

Sir,

My Name is Mrs. Suzana Nuhan Vaye from Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My late Husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works in Liberia. My Husband was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles Taylor killed him. I don't know 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 and I believe you are a highly respected personality more also you can verify this from some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

Since the death of my late husband, the Government has frozen all his access and accused him of the role he played under the regime of Charles Taylor that he looted from the Government Treasury and I have been confined only to our country home and all my movements are been monitored. Base on this punishment inflected on my fatherless children and me, we have no other hope of surviving this unwanted situation hence I decided to contact you for assistance. I am therefore contacting you to assist me in channelling US$7.2 million dollars belonging to my late husband into a productive investment venture and I look to make this investment discreetly under discretionary asset management arrangement.

Please, I will appreciate your response to furnish you with more details of this fund and all replies in response to this mail shall be directed to my private email address: suzananvaye@netscape.net

Best Regards.
Mrs. Suzana Nuhan (Widow)
suzananvaye@netscape.net

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