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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +2348055986350 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: walter bernard <walterbernard103@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 04:19:15 -0600
Subject: waiting to hear from you



Hello Dear,
My name is Mr Walter Bernard. I hail from the FederalRepublic of Nigeria, I am the Project Manager of Silver Global Security &Finance Services Limited, Nigeria. I got the information concerningyou from the Internet and after due consideration, I decided to contactyou believing that by the Grace of God, you will notdisappoint me over this transaction.
I have been working with this company for over sixteen years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how AfricanHeads of State and Government functionaries have been using Silver Global Security & Finance Ltd to move sums of money (USD, Pounds Sterling, French Francs)(cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments ofcash and secretly declare the contents as jewelries,gold, diamonds, precious stones, family treasures, anddocuments etc. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. SanniAbacha of Nigeria (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone,Sabimbi the Late President of Angola, Felix Houphet Boigny of Coted"Ivoire (dead)Charles Taylor,Former President of Liberiawebsite:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm,Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan) etc.All these people have many consignments deposited with myoffice. Their foreign partners, friends andrelatives are claiming most of these consignments.
A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as threeyears. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, theCertificate of Deposit are never available toanybody except the depositors or me since most of themare dead. I have through the instrumentality of GlobalSecurity & Finance re-deposited all these unclaimed andoverstayed consignment into the Vault Facility of areputable Security Company in EUROPE. Since theinception of the year 2000, our company's managementhas changed the procedure of claims of consignment. As soonas you are able to produce the secret information as contained inthe secret file of any consignment, it will be released toyou upon demand. I have finalized every arrangementfor you to claim consignment No. 1401, 1402 containing$20.5 Million. I will supply you with all the information anddocuments that will facilitate your easy claim of theconsignment.Alternatively, you can forward your Bankinformation to me if it is not convenient for you to travel,such that I can in turn forward it to the Security/Finance Housein Europe for onward remittance of the said sum intoyour account. Upon your positive reply of this letter, I willfurnish you with further details and informationregarding the modus operandi for the execution of thetransaction.
This business is risk free as I have taken necessarypreventive measures. (The mode of sharing will be 50-50),you can reach me by email and I will direct you on what to doand also l like you to furnish me with your full nameand your confidential phone and fax number(s). Upon yourpositive consideration and reply of this letter, Ishall give you a confidential telephone number with which wecan discuss the execution of the business.Expedite action is needed.
You can call me with my Private Telephone Number: +234-8055986350..
Yours faithfully,Mr Walter Bernard.
Project Manager of Silver Global Security & Finance ServicesLTD,Nigeria.

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