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What's the scammer?
A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, scheme, or swindle)
is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence.
This particular scam targets middle class, middle age, business and professional men who would never be as easily deceived by a lottery scam.
Estimates put the losses from these "Nigerian Advance Fee" operations at over $1 million "every single day" in the U.S. alone.
The multi-stage fraud starts when you receive a scam fax, e-mail or letter such as these examples:
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What you can do?
The best thing to do is avoid these people, don't waste your time on them.
If you see scammers on this site, report scammers to us, so that we can remove them from this site.
- FTC toll free hotline: 877-FTC-HELP (877-382-4357)
- FTC online complaint form (www.ftc.gov)
- Canadian PhoneBusters hotline: 888-495-8501
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov)
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Liberian Advanced Fee Fraud Email Scams
Hell Dear.
Thanks for your mail. and Season's greetings to you and your family .how are you today ?,
I know this email will look strange and surprising telling somebody i don't know about my life
but there is need for that in as much as my own family wants me dead so telling somebody
i don't know my life might save my life , please bear with me.i will Really like to have a good relationship with you,
and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, I decided to contact you because of the urgency
of my situation here,I am Miss ''Gladys Moniba'' 25years old girl from Liberia, the daughter of Late Dr. Harry .F.Moniba
the former vice president of the Republic of Liberia and standard bearer of the Liberian National Union ,
My father was died by car crash on Wednesday night, November 24,2004 while he was travelling from Jackson, Michigan to Ohio (USA). .
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I, m receiving from my step mother.
She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.
Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other valuable travelling documents.
Luckily she did not discover where I kept my fathers File which contains important documents.
So I decided to run to the refugee camp where I am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission
for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship
and investment assistance in your Country,My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$3, 700, 000.00 in the Bank
with my name as the next of kin. But meanwhile you should not allow any other person to know about the contents of the money.
However, I shall forward you with the necessary documents on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me
for Helping me to transfer this money to your account for me to start coming over to your country and investment of the fund.
As you will help me in an investment, and i will like to complete my studies, as i was in my 1st year in the university,when the crisis started.
It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital.
This is the reason why I decided to contact you.
Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.
As soon as I receive your positive response showing
your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above,
I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely.
you can not call me on phone because i have no phone here but if you will like to speak to me on phone.
it is the Reverend priest Number here in the camp, call and tell him that you want to speak with me,he will sent for me
because i am staying at the female hostel. this is the phone number+221-771-749-369.
Awaiting your urgent and positive response.
Please do keep this only to your self please i beg you not to disclose it till i come over once the fund has been transferred.
Yours Sincerely, Gladys
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