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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Desmond Tailor" <desmondtailor_07@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mr_desmond_tailor2007@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:32:01 +0100
Subject: Property Investment needed Urgent.


I wish to introduce myself to you=2E My name is Desmond Tailor=2E I am the
brother to the former president of Liberia Mr=2E Charles Taylor=2C currently in jail in Sierra Leone However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not meet personally or had any dealings in the past=2E I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit=2E

I have something very important that i would like to confide in you please=2CI have a reasonable amount of money which i inherited from my borther =28Nine Million Five Hundred thousand United States Dollar}=2E US$9=2E500=2E000=2E00=2E Due to the current government in my country Liberia=2C I wish to invest in Hotels and commercial properties in your country=2E


Myself=2C wife and children managed to get on a Red Cross airplane that was evacuating foreigners from the theatre of being jail in my country and presently=2C we are in Nigerian=2E Your assistance and cooperation is required as regards this project=2E Please send an e-mail to me indicating your desire to help me and my family invest this funds=2E I await your positive response to my E-mail box=2E=2Emr=5Fdesmond=5Ftailor2007=40yahoo=2Eco=2Ein Tel=2C 23401=2C080 67766069

Thanks and God bless you=2E
Mr=2EDesmond Tailor=2E

NB=3A Please you can go to the below written websites=3A
http=3A=2F=2Fwww=2Enytimes=2Ecom=2F2003=2F09=2F18=2Finternational=2Fafrica=2F18LIBE=2Ehtml
http=3A=2F=2Fwww=2Eglobalpolicy=2Eorg=2Fintljustice=2Fwanted=2F2003=2F0919money=2Ehtm

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