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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:

• 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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
  • mrs-jeweltaylor@yahoo.co.uk
  • mrs_jeweltaylor@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jewel taylor" <mrs_jeweltaylor_jt4@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:31:36 +0100
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

My Dear Friend,

I regret any embarrassment that my letter might cause you, as we have not
met before physically or through correspondence before this time.

My name is MRS. JEWEL TAYLOR,wife of the immediate Liberian past Head of
State, MR. CHARLES TAYLOR.

You must have heard over the media reports on our politicalasylum as a
result of outright and cheap blackmail that led to loss of Power in Liberia.
I got your contact in my search for a reliable and trustworthy partner, who
I can do business with. I would want to have good confidence in you as I
have viewed your profile and found out thatyou are a good responsible
personality.

I have no doubt about your capacity and goodwill to assist me in receiving
in to your custody(FOR SAFETY) the sum of Thirty Two Million US Dollars( USD
32M).

This money is currently kept in a Safe Deposited Box (S.D.B)with a Security
Firm in the Netherland. The money was cleverly dodged and deposited with the
help of our family Lawyer; Norman Kenneth DeAndrade.

Fortunately,our family lawyer had secretly protected this transaction from
the notice of the investigators and have strictly advised that the funds be
urgently move to oversea of any trust worthybut ANNONYMOUS foreign family
friend without delay for security reasons.

Our entire local and international business outfit is under serious
surveillance by
security agent. This money is our only hope tostay alive. My family has
therefore agreed to compensate your good self with 15% of the total
fund, when you finally cleared the deposited box from the security firm and
lodge in your private account, 5% is set aside for any expenditure that you
may incur in the course of executing this transaction.

Is rest assured that every modality has been put in place for a smooth
execution? Due to current situation in our country,it has become quite
impossible for us to travel to any part of the world. I am contacting you as
a matter of urgency to help, represent my family in collecting the funds on
our behalf and assist in investing itfor us in a viable business in your
country.

If you are interested in assisting me to protect my family's interest
without having evil mind against or intension to take advantage of this, you
can write through my family email address (mrs-jeweltaylor@yahoo.co.uk)

For obvious security reasons, it's imperative that you keep all our
communications very confidential. Do not mention my family's name or
disclose the transaction with any body.But if you are not interested in
assisting me, still get in touch so that I can make an alternative
arrangement as time is of essence.Please do not
expose me.

I await your prompt response and also look forward to a mutually beneficial
relationship.

For free conscience and better understanding within my family, send your
reply to (mrs_jeweltaylor@yahoo.co.uk)

Sincerely,
MRS. JEWEL TAYLOR
For the family.

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