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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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 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.
  • jeweltaylor707@yahoo.fr
  • mrs_jewel_taylor_1956@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jewel Taylor" <mrsjeweltaylor01@btconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:01:31 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS. JEWEL TAYLOR.

Jewel Taylor<http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40945000/jpg/_40945822_jewel203.jpg>










FROM MRS. JEWEL TAYLOR


EMAIL ADDRESS: <http://fr.f230.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jeweltaylor707@yahoo.fr> mrs_jewel_taylor_1956@o2.pl <http://us.f344.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mrs_jewel_taylor_1956@o2.pl>


Dearest One,

With all sincerity and humility and deep pains I'm writing this message to you expecting your assistance to my predicament. I am Mrs. Jewel Taylor the estranged wife to the former president of Liberia Charles Taylor, who was asked by unanimous decision by the international community to step down from the corridors of power.

I was compelled to write this mail to you and as a result of the present situation have led me to this decision to better the lives of my children. Currently now, I have decided to make do with the sum of $5.5m (Five Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) belonging to my husband that was deposited in a bank, and I know that my husband will be faced with the similar fate that saw the end of Sad am Hussein. And in that vein, I have decided to relocate, with your assistance. Hence I write you for the money to be transferred to your custody.


My decision was reached when I could not conceive the thought that after the United States Government has promised to let my husband go free based on the condition that he should step down, Mr. Collin Powell stated in a press briefing that he would be indicted as well be convicted by the court in Netherlands to face charges on war crimes, this is what led to my decision as God Knows that I was never in support of his involvement in the indecent maltreating of innocent people in Politics.

This decision is hard for me to make but I just have to make it for the sake of my children's future. Currently the said money was lodged in a voult of a bank which I will disclose to you once you show total commitment to me and my request for assistance. I currently have the deposit certificate and can draw up a change of beneficiary mandate to effect you as the beneficiary to the funds. I am a trained economist by profession and it is in this line that I will want you to take note that your services for assisting me will be compensated to the best of my ability with 20% of the total amount of ($5.5) while the remaining 80% is for me. I hope to invest part of my share in your country on viable area of investment as you may advise me.

I am looking forward to hearing from you and I would like you to keep this project close to your heart just as myself pending when we reach the conclusive end of this project. I will want you as a matter of confidentiality to respond through this mail ( mrs_jewel_taylor_1956@o2.pl <http://us.f344.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mrs_jewel_taylor_1956@o2.pl> ) And also send your mobile telephone number as well your fax line, so that I can give you a call if the need arises as we are currently on political asylum now in West Africa. Once I get your confirmation that you can be of assistance to me, you can see my picture and my husband below.
I look forward to your response with great hope of assistance from your good self.

PLEASE REPLY ME WITH YOUR.


1) PRIVATE TELEPHONE.
2) YOUR FAX NUMDER.
3) YOUR ADDRESS
4) YOUR AGE AND YOUR OCCUPATION.


I remain Yours Truly,


Mrs. Jewel Taylor
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