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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • ctayloraa1@hotmail.com
  • royal_securitieis@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: charles taylor <charlestayloraa17@live.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:18:42 +0100
Subject: FROM: Hon Charles taylor ( former president of Liberia)



FROM: Hon Charles taylor ( former president of Liberia)Respond via my personal Email: ctayloraa1@hotmail.com Re Urgent assistance.
I am HON. CHARLES TAYLOR, the Former President of Liberia. As you may be aware that I left Nigeria where I was on asylum for my country LIBERIA on a court trial over my passed act during my ruins as the PRESIDENT of LIBERIA and later moved to Holland for some security reasons.
I have given my most elderly son the power of attorney to act on my behalf, so please I have what I will call my family last hope money of $ 650,000,000 M TO TRANSFER to any foreign trusted person who will help me to invest this fund into any good business, As I'm about to face the WORLD COURT TRIBUNAL in SIERRA LEONE hence my family can no longer have any other means of livelihood.
Please if you are interested in helping me to receive this BOXES that is presently with GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY in NIGERIA where this money is deposited when i was in Nigeria as my family still live there.
Note that due to my present condition I'm only allowed to send mails and fax but not to make or recieve calls, So all calls have to go to my son Dickson Taylor and to the security company only. After successful delivery of these BOXES to you, 40% of the total fund will go to you. My Son will come to your country to start up a good business with your assistance so that my family can be able to live again. This fund is in boxes deposited with the ROYAL FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY as my family boxes before I left Nigeria for Holland. The company is not aware of what is inside the boxes as I told them that the boxes belongs to my friend and that I will inform him (that is you)to apply for the collection of this boxes.So please I will advise you to apply as the owner of this boxes. So that as soon as this BOXES is DELIVERED to you. You will arrange for the coming of my son over to your country for proper investment. There is no risk involved in this boxes delivery. Be rest assured that my problems now has notthing to do with this money, what I'm facing now is administrative problem and it has no effect on my personal money or family problems. APPLY TO: ROYAL FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANYATTN TO: CAPT. NOEL CARPENTER {DILIVERY DIRECTOR}E-MAIL: royal_securitieis@hotmail.com
INSTRUCT HIM TO GIVE YOU THE INSURANCE POLICY COVER NOTE ON YOUR BOXES N0: 123BKK MB .BOX FOR ONWARD DELIVERY YOUR HOME.God bless you as you help my family Yours sincerely,HON. CHARLES TAYLOR. Note: MY SON will apply and pay on your behalf for the Certificate of Deposit, Change of Ownership Certificate to your NAME and Power of Attorney and forward them to you once you have collected the INSURANCE POLICY COVER from the security company. So that you can send it to them, for immediate deliver of this boxes to your address
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