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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.

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:

• 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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024098948 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • michaeltaylorreal@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michael Taylor" <lht55.taylor@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michaeltaylor22@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58:55 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPOND

ADDRESS: 13 Salisbury Avenue
Colchester Essex CO3 3DN UK.
CELL: +447024098948
HOME: +447024013067
Fax: 447030403516

Dear Sir,
I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME I AM
MR.MICHAEL TAYLOR, THE SON OF THE FORMER LIBERIA PRESIDENT MR. CHARLES
TAYLOR. MY FAMILY AND I IS ON EXILE. PLEASE, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLEAR
THIS PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY IN AMERICA WHICH I SHIPPED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC
MEANS WITH THE HELP OF A DIPLOMAT BUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE ALL IN
BILLS, BUT THE DIPLOMAT DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS MONEY THAT I HAVE IN THE
PACKAGE.

ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS, GIVE ME YOUR MAILING ADDRESS, YOUR
PRIVATE PHONE, YOUR COMPANY NAME WITH ADDRESS AND OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE
DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME. PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:michaeltaylorreal@yahoo.co.in

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MICHAEL TAYLOR.

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