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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international court of justice"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (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.
  • amed_tailor012@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: amed tailor <amed_tailor012@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:30:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: GREETING FROM AMED TAILOR


Dearest one,


with due sence of responsiblity i am Amed Tailor,the Son of Mr Tailor Musa the fomer president of liberia,i am in ABIDJAN COTE D°IVOIRE WEST AFRICA with my Mother mrs Sara Tailor.permit me to inform you of my desire of going in to business relationship with you. i have the believe you are a reputable and responsible and trustworthy person I can do business with from the little information so far I gathered about you through your profile for a partner and by matter of trust I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. well i have been looking for a trust worthy person but i thank God who made it possible today to meet you.and i contacted you with Good Faith Beleived Me.the whole documents conerning this transaction is with Mother now.

as a matter of fact my father kept $11,000000 million dollars under my care,in private security company in cote d°ivoire in my name as the next of kin.bu during the rebel attack in cote d°ivoire i was informed by the company that all consigment have been moved to branch office in EUROPE.he wanted to use this fund in investing in diamond and gold business.now the federal goverment of liberial mrs elle leaf johnson are looking for possible means to sieze this fund $11,000000 million dollars now he charles tailor is to face trial in the hague in sierreloan by the international court of justice againt war crime in sierreloan.

please i want you to redender me a helping hand by provideing a foreign accoount where this $11,000000 millon dollars shall be transfer to , as a matter of fact i promise to give you 20% share in dealings.by and larger i would have given you a phone to reach me but due to security reason , i and my mother are in the refurge camp in cote d°ivoire and will are under suvilliance,base on that you can reach me through my private email amed_tailor012@yahoo.com .
please if you interested try to get back to me with this neccesary informations

1, your name
2,phone number
3,home address
4,occupation


Thanks and god bless you.
yours faithfull
Mr Amed Tailor


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