419 scam: Mrs Linda <mrslindaa1@yahoo.co.jp> Dear Greetings In The Lord From David Taylor,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Linda <mrslindaa1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Linda <mrslindaa1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:18:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Greetings In The Lord From David Taylor,

Dear Greetings In The Lord From David Taylor,

SEEKING YOUR GODLY HELP TO RECEIVE OUR FUNDS,GOLD AND DIAMOND

Please I decide to used this medium to send you this email in good faith it is because you mind know little information about my family political situation with the ICC and we are looking for a capable person to trust to used as our legal beneficiary to make the claim of our funds deposit in a security storage vault in Istanbul Airport Turkey, before I proceed let me introduce myself to you, I am David Taylor the second son to the former president of Liberia Dr Charles Taylor and my reason to contact you because ever since we lost our former beneficiary a good family friend of my father Mr. Salih Acarbulut who stand with us as our legal beneficiary to move my father funds out of Ghana to Turkey which is inside a consignment box $8 Million usd gold and diamond as family precious belongings, so it very unfortunately after the consignment box has successfully arrive Turkey our former beneficiary Mr. Salih Acarbulut has a heart cancer problem and it get
serious and worst so Mr. Salih Acarbulut has no choice than to travel to London for treatment but he did not make it to be alive to return back to Turkey for the claim of the consignment box so we lost him and since then the consignment box has been in PAN AFRICAN diplomatic vault in Istanbul Airport Turkey where the security company ECO STORAGE HOUSE deposit the consignment box for safe keeping and nobody knows about the content of the box up till now so please i contacted you in good faith if you are capable to handle sure transaction like this?.

Right now we have no choice than to present you as our new legal beneficiary because my mother and I we have not finding life easy here in Ghana including my father his also facing political charges of war crime in Serra Leone during when my father was a president of Liberia the ICC then in Hague - Nether land arrested my father regarding the Political war crime in my country Liberia and Serra Leone,but I don't know if you ever have sure experience to receive huge amount of funds in a consignment box because we are contacting you from the bottom of our heart for you to help us stand as our legal beneficiary and you will promise not to let us down or take advantage on us because of my father political problem because the former president ofNigeria Olusegun Obansanjo take advantage to betray and dupe my father some huge amount of funds before he was arrested by the ICC.

So I assure you 100% if you keep this transaction secret and confidential with us you will never be in trouble because we have all the legal documentation involved in this transaction for enable us to invest the funds in your country and before you agree to proceed with us I will like to know more about you because we have to be positive to each other for us to succeed because the funds his a clean and spendable cash to used for any legal investment and my mother which to meet with you in person as our partner/trustee.

Finally my mother promise to reward you greatly upon your faithful assistant to help transfer this consignment to your country legally as our new trustee

David Taylor
Phone; +233-272-072-378

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