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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: glen taylor <glentaylor005@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:55:20 +0200
Subject: Good day.

*Glen Taylor & Company** **Solicitors.**
Second Floor Barlow House
Minshull St Manchester
M1 3DZ.United Kingdom*

*Fax: +44-7031-748-683, Tel: +44-7937-430427.*

*Email:barr.glentaylor@gmail.com*

Dear, Sir/ Madam


This is a personal letter directed to you and I request that it be treated
as such. I amBarrister Glen Taylor, attorney/sole executor to the late Mr.
Joseph Smith, hereinafter referred to as my client who worked as an
independent oil magnate in my country and later died in a car crash with
his immediate family on the 4th of Oct, 2000.

Since the death of my client in Oct, 2000, I have tried to locate any of
his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his
abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail.

More so, I have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting
a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in
line with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited the sum of
4.5 million British Pounds Sterling.

On this note I decided to search for a credible person and I decided to
contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee"
bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up
a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin to my client. I find
this possible for the fuller reasons that you bear a similar last name with
my client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity.

I propose that we share the fund 60% for me and 40% for you at the
conclusion of this deal. Therefore, to facilitate the immediate reprofiling
of this fund, you need, first to confidence, I will immediately appraise
you with the complete details as well as fax you the documents, with which
you are to proceed and I shall direct you on how to put up an application
to the bank.

HOWEVER, you will have to accent to an express agreement which I will
forward to you in order to bind us in this transaction. Upon the receipt of
your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next step to take. I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that
you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been
made for the completion of this transfer.



I send this letter to you because I was in South Africa for a conference
but am going back next week.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this.

Best Regards,





Glen Taylor.
Principal Attorney

*Glen Taylor & Company Solicitors.*

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