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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348039433826 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • office_oftaylor@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Taylor Barr Taylor" <barr_taylor@msn.com>
Reply-To: office_oftaylor@sify.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:59:05 +0000
Subject: very very urgent

Dear Sir/Madam,


Am sorry if you receive this proposal in error as i had not known you
before neither was i introduced to you by anybody.
I got your information through the commerce and industry department of
your country embassy in Madrid,Spain.let me formally introduce myself to
you.My name is Barr. Taylor Williams,i am 57years old married with
childern.i am the Barrister to the late Chief(Mrs) Stella
Obasanjo on protocol and financial matters in the office of the first lady.

With deep heart and but with gratitude to God my formal boss the wife of
the president of Nigeria died on sunday 23th October,2005 at a hospital in
Madrid ,Spain where her excellency had gone for an operation which
resulted to her dead.may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

While working with her, she entrusted me with all financial dealings and
ofcourse her private businesses and transactions home and oversea.my job
was to make sure that all financial transactions are done perfectly to
avoid any problem.all this years she has been doing this without the
knowledge of her husband the president unitl her untimely death.

I want to seek your assistance to permit me present you to the bank
were
she has been keeping all this monies all amounting to $21.4Million united
states dollars only.as the authorise signitory to the account.I know you
might want to ask why not i present myself as the authorised signatory to
the account,the reason is very simple as i am still in service of the
Government of Nigeria and by the policy of Government the law does not
allow us to maintain a foreign account .I am doing all this because i have
less than 2 months to retire from the service of the Government andthis
money will help me establish myself and take good care of my childern who
are still in school.

I will offer to give you 40% while i will have 60% .

Please check for confirmation on www.thisdayonline.com or
www.sunnewsonline.com for the full story about the death of Her excellency
Chief(Dr.Stella Obasanjo)

Please for security reasons i will advice that you keep this transaction
confidentail and if you are not interested please delete my proposal.

If you know i can trust you and that we can do business please reach me as
soon as possible so that i will give you more details.

I wait to hear from you.

Sincerely,


Barr.Taylor Williams.
Tel+234-8039433826

NOTE:All correspondance should be forwarded to (office_oftaylor@sify.com)
for confidentality.please do not reply back through this email address am
sending you this proposal.

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