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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: LISA TAYLOR <mike08@izzi.com.my>
Reply-To: "tama49303@gmail.com" <tama49303@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:35:32 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: PLEASE CONSIDER MY OFFER




GREETINGS.....,=20


HOW ARE YOU TODAY? IF FINE THANK GOD ALMIGHTY,=20
I AM LISA TAYLOR A LIBERIAN, THE DAUGHTER OF CHIEF TAMA TAYLOR THE=20
BROTHER OF CHARLES TAYLOR, THE FORMER=C2=A0 LIBERIAN PRESIDENT.=20


PLEASE I ARRIVED KUALA LUMPUR,MALAYSIA HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO TO SEE MY=20
FAMILY LAWYER HERE ABOUT HOW TO SHARE THE SUM OF $21,000,000 (TWENTY=20
ONE MILLION USA DOLLARS) WHICH WAS DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE=20
IN MALAYSIA,PLEASE ACCORDING TO THE LAWYER I WILL NEED SOMEONE TO=20
STAND AS A FORIEGN BENEFICIARY TO RECEIVE THE FUND ON MY BEHALF FOR=20
POSSIBLE INVESTMENT THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY, PLEASE IF YOU CAN ASSIST, I=20
WILL LIKE TO LINK YOU UP WITH MY FAMILY LAWYER TO ARRANGE A POSSIBLE=20
TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.=20


PLEASE=C2=A0 I NEED YOUR ASSISTANT CAUSE AS I AM WRITING,MY MUM IS VERY=20
SICK. SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL AND I WANT YOU TO TRY AND ASSIST ME I BEG=20
YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD.YOU WILL ALSO HELP US TO COME OVER TO YOUR=20
COUNTRY FOR A BETTER TREATMENT FOR MY MUM AND IN AREA OF INVESTMENT.=20

PLEASE I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD TRY AND GET BACK TO ME AS=20
SOON AS POSSIBLE CAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.THANKS , I EXPECT YOUR=20
QUICK RESPONSE AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS REGARD .=20


YOURS SINCERELY ,=20
LISA TAMA TAYLOR=20

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