419 scam: "David Taylor"<daveoil@outlook.com> letter 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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.
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.
- davidtaylor@kimo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Taylor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidtaylor@kimo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:09:27 -0700
Subject: letter from david taylor

Dear Friend

Before I go into details let me introduce myself to you,I am Mr David Taylor first son from the third wife to the former president of Liberia Dr Charles MacArthur Taylor and the reason why we decided to contact you through medium of execise it's because I believe I can build a personal trust with you as we get to know each other for you to stand as our legal beneficiary to receive our funds deposited in a security company diplomatic vault in Turkey for enable you and I to have access to the funds for legal investment in your country for the future, if you will not betray us.

Let me give you little information about the funds how it move from Ghana to Turkey,Before the arrest of my father by the ICC due to the political war crime in Sierra Leone and Liberia when my father was the president of Liberia, my father use my name to deposited a consignment box content $8 million dollar physical cash in a security company called ECO STORAGE HOUSE GHANA West African Ghana as family precious belonging when I and the rest member of my family came to Ghana for the claim of the consignment box as the next of kin, the security company make us to understand due to the contract bond certificate use to deposit the consignment box we cannot make the claim unless we provide a foreign partner according to the agreement with my father before he make the deposit of the consignment box so immediately we contact our family friend in Turkey who has been working with my father for a very long time as a gold broker to stand as our legal beneficiary for 20% which he agree to cooperate with us, to cut the ow

I know this proposal will look very shocking and surprise to you because of this offer and I don't know you very well neither you as well and a lot of story and scam going on and on in this world via internet but we want to make sure will can trust you as our foreign partner to offer you 25% for your legal assistance to stand as our legal beneficiary because from the way you chat with me i feel very comfortable to deal with you because we have no choice since the ICC has finally decided to sentence my father to 50years in Jail without appeal for parole so definitely we are not going to see my father again. But if you decide to take the risk with us to work as one family with faith i assure you we are going to succeed and we also have 185kg of Raw Gold Dust deposited in a Gold Company here in Ghana we are only looking for a capable buyer for the Raw Gold because he has accumulated a lot of demurage charges which require to be paid before we have access to the Gold, so kindly let me know if you are interested

thanks and GOD bless

David Taylor
Email: davidtaylor@kimo.com

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