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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • tontay@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: tony Taylor <tony_tay_lb@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:11:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: VERY URGENT,


Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Tony Taylor, the Son to the Ex-PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR OF FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and
top secret.
I must apologize for taking some of your valuable time to explain a proposal
that I believe will be of utmost benefit to both of us. I am consulting you on
behalf of my father Ex-PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR OF LIBERIA. Who deposited huge
sum of money amounting to USD
$255,000,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty five million United States Dollars)
with a finance house in which was intended for the purchase of war equipment, but due
to the fact that we are currently in ASYLUM in NIGERIA he requested that I
urgently look for a foreign partner, who could help us immediately claim and
invest this funds, as the western world most especially the united states of
America is demanding that my Father should be tried at the international war
crime tribunal in HAGUES.
And looking back to what happened to PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC OF
YUGOSLAVIA, who has been facing charges in war crime tribunal in HAGUE over
years. These facts you can confirm from the LIBERIAN EMBASSY in your country
or you can request for BBC, CNN, and SKYNEWS, publications for further proof.
I am soliciting your assistance in taking over the ownership of the fund in
your name and invest it on behalf of my family who shall be a partner (UNDER
ANONMITY) in whatever business venture you intend investing, because of the
hunt by international community to freeze my father's bank accounts and
confiscate his assets all over the world. We are willing to compensate you
with a satisfactory percentage of the money for your cooperation and
assistance in this regard.
This money was kept and deposited in a finance house. For the time being, it is
safe and undisclosed,this money will be divided into four batches or there about as you may decide because of his volume Therefore, contact me immediately, only if you are able
and interested in assisting my father. Kindly contact me preferably using my
personal email address tonytay.li@crewnet.com or tontay@sify.com
as soon as possible.
Thanks for your co-operation; I apologize for encroaching into your
privacy with this e-mail.
Yours sincerely,
Mr.Tony Taylor.



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