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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "susan taylor" <susan_mendytay1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: susanmendytay@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:33:23 +0000
Subject: PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENTLY

DEAR ONE,

WE NEED YOUR SERVICES AND HELP.

WE KNOW IS WRONG TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEANS BUT WE ARE DESPERATE AND
OUR PRESENT CONDITION NOW IS FRUSTRATING ,THAT IS WHY WE USE THIS MEDIUM TO
FASTING UP OUR REQUEST.

MY NAME IS MICHEAL TAYLOR AND MY SISTER NAME IS SUSAN MENDY TAYLOR WE ARE
THE CHILDREN OF FOMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT WHO IS CURRENTLY UNDER DETENTION
WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL .

THE UNITED NATIONS IS PROBING HIM FOR WAR CRIMES AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC
FUNDS TOTALLING OVER 1.4 BILLION EUROS.

DURING MY FATHER,S TENURE AS THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA, HE MAINTAINED A GOOD
BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH THE SINGAPORIAN GOVERNMENT EVEN IN TIMES OF SERIOUS
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, HE ASSISTED THE COUNTRY IN HARMONIZATION, MONETIZATION
AND CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRATIC GAINS.

AT THIS TIME, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFISTICATED ALL HIS PROPERTIES AND CASH
DISCOVERED IN VARIOUS BANK ACCOUNTS. WE ARE INFORMED TODAY BY MY FATHER VIA
TEXT MASSAGE THROUGH A MOBILE PHONE THAT THE SUM OF 10 MILLION EUROS IN A
METTALLIC PARCKAGE WAS DEPOSITED WITH DUBAI SECURICOR AROUND THE AIRPORT
AXIS .THE REASON WHY WE ARE CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST US CLAIM AND CLEAR
THE PARCKAGE ON OUR BEHALF AS THE BENEFICIARY.

PRESENTLY, OUR COUSIN IN DUBAI BUT STILL NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL ASSIST HIM
PROCESS THE DELIVERY/RELEASE OF THE DEPOSIT. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST
US PLEASE CONFIRM TO US IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE US GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF OUR
COUSIN WHO IS ALREADY IN DUBAI TO ARRANGE WITH HIM WHEN YOU WILL BE IN DUBAI
FOR THE CLEARING AND COLLECTION OF THE PARCKAGE.

THEREFORE, WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENTLY TO HELP US CLEAR THIS PARCKAGE
FROM THE SECURICOR AND POSSIBLY INVEST THE MONEY IN YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS.

BELOW IS THE WEB SITE COVERING OUR FATHERS ARREST BY THE UN.

http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGAFR440092006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4858500.stm
http://www.nowpublic.com/tag/Liberia

WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU 21% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED. PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY ; taymichrich@yahoo.com




BEST REGARDS,
SUSAN/MICHEAL TAYLOR.

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