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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned 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 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.
  • allentaylor2000@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Allen Taylor <allentayllorr@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:46:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear, VICTIM-FULLNAME.


>From the Desk of
Mr. Alfred A. Taylor.
Ministry of Finance,
Monrovia, Liberia.
Email: allentaylor2000@hotmail.com


Dear, VICTIM-FULLNAME.

There is a change of policy in our Government. The newly elected president, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, having vowed to tackle and put a stop to corruption in the country, she has sacked all the entire staffs of FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE. She has also ordered that no one should leave the shores of the country while our accounts are being investigated, personally I have a secret deposit of Eleven Million United States Dollars, (US$ 11, 000, 000, 00). In a security and finance company in Dubai-UAE. And I need your assistance to move this funds out of the Security Vault as the beneficiary to your country for investment, I will provide you through my personal attorney all the legal documents to effect the change of ownership and to enable the move the funds without any problem.

I am Mr. Alfred A. Taylor, from Liberia and board member of Foreign Operations of the Ministry of Finance.

I would not know the extent the investigation would go so we have to process the transfer of the funds as soon as possible.

You will be adequately compensated with 30% of the total sum after the transfer, please this requires urgency and secrecy for security and safety reasons.

I need your assistance to avoid seizure of this fund. I have made the arrangements and all I need is for you to stand as the beneficiary of the funds and provide an account where the money would be transferred.

I assure you there in no risk involve as the transaction is 100% risk free and so long as you abide by instructions and procedures and keep the transaction secret, I will need you to respond should you be interested and provide me with your full contact address telephone and fax numbers to enable a swift communications.

Please get back to me as soon as possible.
allentaylor2000@hotmail.com
sincerely yours
Mr. Alfred A .Taylor.



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