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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned 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 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.
  • mrs_jewel_ho@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor" <mrs_jewel_ho@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrs_jewel_ho@myway.com
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:30:20 +0100
Subject: I am Mrs. Jewel

J.H.TAYLOR & ASSOCIATES
MRS JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR
THE REAL ESTATE MANAGERS FORMER FIRST LADY,
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
12 CRAWFORD DRIVE, MONROVIA LIBERIA.

Hi Dear

I am Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor, an America-Liberian by birth and wife of
embattled President of war torn Liberia, Mr.Charles Taylor. I am an
economist by profession. My husband just stepped down as President of
Liberia months ago, but matters were not helped when UN Special War
Crimes Court for Sierra Leone indicted my husband for war crimes in
June last year, demanding his prosecution. Currently my husband and
I have been granted asylum in Nigeria, but I relocatedmy twosons

(Williams & Charles Jnr) immediately in July 2003 to Sao Tome&
Principe (a small oil rich island off the coast of West Africa). They
arecurrently in hiding there under new identities,awaiting the outcome of
eventsin my country, and what will become of me and my husband in
asylum. The reasonis this. During the political crisis some years ago in
Sierra Leone (WestAfrican Country rich in diamonds),

my husband was actively involved. Earlythis year, he entrusted some large quantities of diamonds
to me. He toldme if anything happened to him, I should use it to take care
of myself. Fearingits detection due to the volume, my son (Williams)
traveled abraod then withthe diamonds (on my instructions) and sold
them,getting a total of\US$16,000,000.00 (Sixteen million US Dollars only). This money he moved
into a safe house abroad for protective custody undera different name.
Now, the government of the country in Europe where thisfunds are
has refused issuing neither him nor

my family any visa to travelto their country again because of the current political situation. This
iswhy I need you to please either travel toEurope where the
funds are depositedand claim and subsequently deposit same in a
reputable bank there for onwardtransfer to your account, or to
instruct the safe house to move the fundsout of their base to any of
their corresponding banks or offices in Europefor onward transfer
to your account. Once you are able to show your sincerityI will
send the necessary correspondence and documentation related to
thetransaction to you to effect this. I am also willing to forfeit 30% of thefunds to you, believing you will hold 70% on trust for
me and my two sonsuntil we are able to leave here and join you
under new identities. My first son Williams is 27years old (an Economist),and
Charles Jnr is only21 years old. My only daughter Helen died in

October 1999 from complicationsof pneumonia. Please note that my
husband is not aware that I sold the diamonds,nor does he know the
whereabouts of the funds. Once I am sure the funds aresafelyout of the
Holding House, I will divorce him and leave with my sonsto start a new life.
If you cannot help us, simply destroy this informationand forget I ever
contacted you but if you are willing to assist please encloseyour
contacts. May God guide you in whatever you decide, and thank you fortaking
out time to read this request.

Fondest regards,
Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor
(mrs_jewel_ho@myway.com )

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