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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: "Mr. Daniel Taylor." <danieltaylor308@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: danieltaylor794@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:09:16 -0700
Subject: FROM: MR.DANIEL TAYLOR.



--
FROM: MR.DANIEL TAYLOR.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME; I
AM
MR.DANIEL TAYLOR THE FIRST SON OF THE FORMER LIBERIA PRESIDENT MR.
CHARLES
TAYLOR. I AND MY FAMILY ARE ON EXILE .I GOT YOUR CONTACT DURING MY
SEARCH
FOR A HONEST PERSON WHOM I CAN CONFIDE IN.I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR
THE
TWO PACKAGES THAT IS ALREADY IN THE UNITED STATE WAS SHIPPED THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC MEANS BY MY FATHER WITH THE HELP OF A UNITED NATION DIPLOMAT.
THE CONTENT OF THE TWO PACKAGES IS $10,000,000.00 (TEN MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) 5MILLION IN EACH BOX MOSTLY IN $100.00 BILLS, BUT THE
DIPLOMAT DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKAGES. SO
ALL
I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS,GIVE ME YOUR FOLLOWING INFORMATION
SO
THAT WE CAN PROCEED FROM THERE.

Name;
Age:
MAILING ADDRESS:
Marital Status:
Occupation: Sex:
Country Of origin:
Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Number):
Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone:
Number):
Fax Number:

I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE DIPLOMAT AND I HOPE THAT AT THE END
OF
THE DAY, MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANYBODY. IF THIS
ARRANGEMENT
IS OK WITH YOU, OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET
BACK
TO ME INCLUDING SENDING OF THE KEYS TO THE BOXES TO YOU AS SOON YOU
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ME.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DANIEL TAYLOR.
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