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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: "Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor" <jht2006@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:01:37 -0300
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY

YOUR KIND ATTENTION: I AM MRS JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR FORMAL FIRST LADY AND WIFE OF FORMAL LIBERIA PRESIDENT CHARLES GHANKAY TAYLOR, I AM WRITTING TO SEEK YOUR HIGHLY ESTEMMED HELP/ CONSENT IN A LASTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL BENEFIT INVOLVING ($45 MILLION USD) FOUTY-FIVE MILLION USD FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMPANY/COUNTRY UNDER A JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS MONEY IS DEPOSITED IN CASH AND PRESENTLY IN EUROPE WITH A SECURITY FINANCIAL COMPANY. I WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS DEAL VERY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE AS YOU MAY KNOW I AM THE PRESENT SENATOR REPRESENTING BONG COUNTY IN LIBERIA AND BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ARREST AND HAND OVER OF MY FORMAL HUSBAND CHARLES TAYLOR TO THE WAR TRIBUNAL, I AM FOUR OTHER CO SENATORS HAVE BEEN DENIALED TRAVELLING PERMISSION BY THE WEST AND SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES. YOU MAY REFER TO THIS SITE FOR RECENT REPORTS (http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50978&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=LIBERIA) FOR DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: jehota@yahoo.ca FOR MORE INFORMATION. REGARDS. MRS. JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR

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