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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: Jewel Howard Taylor <jewel_howard65@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jewelhoward.taylor@web2mail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:03:35 -0700
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT



Dear friend,
Greetings: You may be surprised to receive my letter; however, I got your contact from the Chamber of Commerce and Trade. I have decided to contact you for confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business. My name is Jewel Howard Taylor; the third Wife to CHARLES GHANKAY TAYLOR, who was the former Liberian President until 2003. Charles Taylor whom you maybe aware that he is presently facing War Crime Charges at the Special Court in Freetown-Sierra Leone, he is facing 11 counts charges for violations of international humanitarian law during the war. As his most loving wife I foresee I may have question to answer under the present Government then I attempted to flee out of Liberia, but the present government of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in conjunction with United Nations gave an order in 2004 to froze my assets in Europe and banned me from traveling outside of Liberia till date. Taking into consideration that I am the most favorite Wife of Charles Taylor, I know most of his secret, most often I am the person that usually assist him to move money out of Liberia for safekeeping. Before he stepped down from office I was given $60,000,000 (Sixty Million United States Dollars to deposit in a Security Firm in GHANA in my name. Luckily for me there was no trace of that deposit by the present government. My aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I can entrust the sum of (US$60,000,000 (Sixty million, USDollars) in his/her care for investment hence I am seeking your cooperation to assist me move this money to your Country. I endured till this far before making arrangement to move this money out of Ghana until this year believing that the situation must have calm down as all focus is now on Charles Taylor’s CASE.. I want to act very fast in retrieving the fund from the security company transferring it out of Ghana, for investment in your country, You are aware that I can not travel out of Liberia where I am still in a HOUSE ARREST, hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending when I will secure my freedom to come over to your country. If you accept this offer I will then negotiate with you on the sharing pattern. Once again, let me know the percentage you will be willing to accept to render this assistance to me. For me I have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you have assess to it. Be assured that this is legitimate. Please advise me on your position through my alternative e-mail address (jewelhoward_taylor@yahoo.com) Truly,Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor
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