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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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 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.
  • +2348028363255 (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.
  • jeweltaylor1_6@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Jewel Taylor <jeweltaylor1_6@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jeweltaylor@88.am
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:38:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Get Back to me Asap.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jeweltaylor1_6@yahoo.com







My Dear,

With all sincerity and humility it is with deep pains i write you this

message of wishful assistance to my predicament. I am Mrs Jewel Taylor the

estranged wife to the former president of Liberia who was asked by

unanimous decision by the international community to step down from the

corridors of power due to his illicit involvement in the in-humane tyranny

in the war torn country.



I write you this mail under duress and as a result of my recent

decision to better the lives of i and my children. I have made a

decision which i know might not be good in the sight of man but the

present situation has led me to this decision to better the lives of my

children. Currently now i have decided to make do with the sum of $30m

(Thirty Million United States Dollars) in which i am a benefiaciary to,

and have decided to relocate with your assistance to your private account

the said sum.





My decision was reached when i could not conceive the thought that

after the United States Government has promised to let my husband go free

based on the condition that he should step down Mr. Collin Powell stated

in a press briefing that he would be indicted by the court in Netherlands

to face charges on war crimes, this is what led to my decision as God

Knows that i was never in support of his involvement in the indecent

maltreating of innocent people.





This decision is hard for me to make but i just have to make it for the

sake of my children's future.





Currently the said sum was lodged in a safety deposit box in a

financial Institution which i will disclose to you as a matter of

commitment to me and this plea for assistance. I currently have the

deposit certificate and can draw up a change of beneficiary mandate to

effect you as the beneficiary to the funds. I am a trained economist by

profession and it is in this line that i will want you to take note that

your services for assisting me will be compensated to the best of my

ability.





Now my questions are:-



1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can I give you this trust?







I have this to look forward to so i would like you to keep this

project close to your heart just as myself pending when we reach the

conclusive end of this project. I will want you as a matter of

confidentiality to respond through this mail and also include your

telephone number as well so that i can give you a call if the need

arises as we are currently on political asylum now in West Africa. Once i

get your confirmation that you can be of assistance i will bring you into

a clearer picture of the situation at hand.





View this site to see a picture of me:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm





I look forward to your response with great hope of assistance from your

good self. You are free to get in touch with me and my Son with the number

below





I remain Yours Truly,

Mrs Jewel Taylor

+234-8028363255







- Mrs Jewel Taylor

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