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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: charen taylor <charentay4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <charentaylor@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:50:59 +0200
Subject: MY DEAR.
















MY DEAR.CHAREN TAYLOR IS MY NAME, THE DAUGHTER OF FOMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT WHO IS CURRENTLY UNDER DETENTION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL BECAUSE OF
11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
THE UNITED NATIONS IS PROBING HIM FOR WAR CRIMES AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TOTALLING OVER 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS.AT THIS TIME, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFISTICATED ALL HIS PROPERTIES AND CASH DISCOVERED IN VARIOUS BANK ACCOUNTS.THE REASON OF MY CONTACT TO YOU IS TO ASSIST ME WITH A RELIABLE ACCOUNT THAT WILL ACCOMODATE $4,500,000.00,LODGED WITH (CREDIT SUISSE ) GENEVE SWITZERLAND BY MY FATHER ON MY NAME.MISS CHAREN TAYLOR.THEREFORE, I NEED YOUR RELIABLE BANK ACCOUNT TO SUBMIT TO THE BANK TO TRANSFER THE MONEY OUT OF THE ACCOUNT BEARING MY NAME. IF YOU HAVE, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVES THIS MASSAGE.I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL MONEY. YOU CAN ALSO REACHED ME HERE: charentaylor@myway.comBEST REGARDS,CHAREN TAYLOR




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