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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.

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:

• 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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • manu_tail@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • irish_comsec@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles taylor" <manutail_630@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:42:00 +0000
Subject: CRY FOR HELP


FROM : MR CHARLES TAYLOR JR.
E-MAIL:manu_tail@yahoo.co.uk
TEL : 234-803=374=3991.

ATTN,

I AM CHARLES TAYLOR JR THE SON OF CHARLES TAYLOR FORMER PRESIDENT OF
LIBERIA, MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA GRANTED US ASSLUM WHERE WE ARE
STAYING NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT MY FATHER IS IN THE HAND OF UNITED NATION FACING WAR
CRIME. BEFORE HIS ARREST HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $85,000,000M US DOLLARS
WITH IRISH SECURITY COMPANY IN LAGOS WITH BRANCHES IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA,
MIDDLE EAST, AND AMERICA. AND THIS COMPANY IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING THE
CONSIGNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. MORE, THE MONEY IS PACKAGED IN TWO TRUNK
BOXES.

NOTE: THE SECURITY COMPANY DOSE NOT KNOW THE CONTENT, IT WAS PACKAGED AS
FAMILY TREASURES.

PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE CLAIMS OF THESE BOXES.

APPLY TO : JAMES ANDERSON CAMPBELL JR IRISH SECURITY COMPANY E-MAIL :
irish_comsec@yahoo.co.uk INSTRUCT THEM TO GIVE YOU THE INSURANCE POLICY
COVER NOTE ON YOUR BOX NUMBER 5895 MB. BOX FOR ONWARD DELIVERY TO YOUR
ADDRESS.


Yours sincerely,
CHARLES TAYLOR JR
Note: I will send to you the Certificate of deposit, Change of Ownership
Certificate to your NAME and Power of Attorney as soon as you collect the
INSURANCE POLICY COVER from them .So that you can send it to them, for
immediate deliver of your box to your address .

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam