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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: "Engr.MARTIN Taylor" <martin_taylor@aklan.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 13:45:26 -0800
Subject: ENGR TAYLOR

FROM THE DESK OF
ENGR MARTIN Taylor
Monrovia Liberia /1/2006.
ATTN: PRESIDENT / CEO,
REQUEST FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
........................................................................................................................................................
I am Engr.MARTIN Taylor I am 78 years old a native of Monrovia Liberia.My late father was killed by his business associate in 2002 and during the period I married we had a son which both of them was also killed in a cold blood a last year ,I am now afraid of showing myself out to them(Business Associate Including members of my Family) as all are wanting to deny or kill me too, All because after the death of my father,Inherited all his business and wealth.

Currently, I am suffering from long time cancer of the Brian. From all
indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious
that I may not live more than six months, because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very Sever stage. Intact, my personal physician told me that I may not live for more than six months and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the well benign of less privileged people and handicapped in the society of African,which is in my place, America Europe and Asian Countries.

This mission, which will no doubt be tasking hand made me to recently relocate from my family house to new place where I live presently due to the pressure my family members are giving me as they want to share the fund within them self's which i don't want. I selected you for this
Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of$15Million US Dollars to you for the development of the well begin of handicapped in the society and also as aids for the less privileged around your country, and I have mapped out $2.5 million for your own personal use to help me for this work.

Please note that, this fund is currently lying in a Security Company in
African and therefore my ATTORNEY will file an immediate application
for the transfer of the funds in your name or your company. Please
I want you/yourhome to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual rebirth lately that wealth acquisition without God in one's life is vanity upon vanity.

Respectfully,
Engr.MARTIN Taylor


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