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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: anderson4taylor@myway.com <tp4ng@emsergipe.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 05:34:02 -0300
Subject: GLAD YU READ IT....REPLY SOONEST


GLAD YU READ IT....REPLY SOONEST
FROM. Eloise Anderson
sOLICITOR &
ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
Tel:
00447024066955
Email:anderson4taylor@myway.com
Hello,
Please excuse me for the inconvenience this letter may cause
you. This letter might come to you as a surprise, but it is coming
with
the best of intentions and will be of mutual benefit to all the
parties involved.
HOW I GOT YOUR CONTACT:
I got your contact after a
profound private search and I was convinced thatyou could be of great
assistance to me. I have no doubt of your credibility to work with me
as my Foreign
Partner If you wont mind.
INTRODUCTION OF SELF.
I Mr.
Eloise Anderson born in south Africa naturalized in Britain,solicitor
to the Exiled former Liberian President Charles Taylor,hereafter
referred to as my client, if I might refresh your memory the ex
president of Liberia was arrested on 26th of
march 2006 in a border
town in Nigeria where he has been on exile for the past three years
trying to cross into neighboring
Cameroon with his wife and his child,
and was immediately transferred to the united nations international
human rights court in sierra Leone to face multiple genocide charges ,
war crimes charges for allegedly instigating an sponsoring civil war
in sierra Leone, which are all baseless and untrue.The immediate
family have been closely monitored by the security operatives where
they are currently on political asylum and shortly after my clients
arrest his son Charles Taylor junior was also arrested in the united
states of America for fictitious reasons prompting us to
immediately
seek the assistance of a credible neutral person in assisting us in
this transaction.
BUSINESS PROPOSAL:
I am writing to solicit for your
assistance to secure in your country Funds that my client wishes to
invest in your country.
WHAT TO DO:
You are to indicate your interest
in this project immediately,
forward to my secured private mailbox;
Your telephone /fax numbers,Email Address, Identity and your current
contact address to me. You will also assure me of yourwillingness to
maintain the confidentiality that this project
requires.
NOTE: this
does not involve anything such as fear .
I await
your urgent response.
Yours truly,
Eloise Anderson



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