419 scam: "Dr.James O.Taylor"<unity4allnations@live.com> MY REGARDS TO YOU.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "jamestaylor360degree@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "jamestaylor360degree@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.James O.Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamestaylor360degree@live.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:56:38 +0530
Subject: MY REGARDS TO YOU.

Dear friend,
Compliments of the season to you and your family. Before proceeding on my mail, let me quickly seize this
opportunity to intimate you that I got your Email via one of India's web directories. Nevertheless, let me
introduce my personality to you; my good names are Dr.James Otase Taylor,a 61year old South African
but permanently residing in the United States. Actually, as a means of establishing abroad, I’m soliciting
for high network individual or company that can help/assist me in setting up a business venture in your
country India.

Please,I need someone that has vision, passion and with real sense of humor and MUST be above the
age of 18(adult age) . Well, for further information regarding this proposal, if interested, do contact me via
my personal Email address stated below.
jamestaylor360degree@live.com

N:B..Please, do not take this for a joke/child's play, only reply if you are interested otherwise ignore this
mail. I would appreciate if you are from India/India citizen because investing in the land of India is my major
concern,I await your response regarding the same.

Thanking you in advance,
Dr.James O.Taylor,
Personal Email ID: jamestaylor360degree@live.com

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