419 scam: "Mark C. Taylor"<markctthdhdjd@gmail.com> Business oppportunity?.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
- marktaylor905@yahoo.com.tw (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mark C. Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marktaylor905@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:11:38 -0500
Subject: Business oppportunity?.

Dear friend,

With due respect, I observe every protocols and pay all due compliments.

As you may already know my name is Mark Taylor, one of the sons of Charles Taylor, former president of the Republic of Liberia.

You may also be aware that my father is presently facing a jail term in UK for charges boarding on crimes committed by various factions during the protracted civil war in my country Liberia For reasons that are sufficiently obvious, my mother and I have been leaving in exile as refugees ever since my father was ousted from power and subsequently arrested taken to the Hague to face those frivolous charges. Currently, I leave in the Bahrain and have been on the look-out for worthy humanitarian on whom we can repose some t

The only possession left for my mother and I is the sum of fourty Five million US dollars for which we have been seeking a trustee into whose custody we can transfer same for viable investment. We are willing to part with 15% of this fund to you as personal gratuity if you agree to help out. You will have to use your vast business experience to determine areas of investment. If this offer and condition are accepted by you please indicate soonest and my mother and I can get a lawyer to draft a memorandum

Your kind and honest response will be highly appreciated. This matter is treated with utmost secrecy and confidentiality for obvious reasons.

Thanks,

Mark C. Taylor

+97316195162

Contact E-mail: marktaylor905@yahoo.com.tw

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