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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: aicplsalesss@kappa.net.in
Reply-To: awtaylor01@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:17:33 +0530
Subject: From Alfred William Taylor

To Your Attention Dear Friend.

Please pardon me for the embarrassment this message may cause you as we
haven't met previously, I am Alfred William Taylor, son of former
president of Liberia.

I am compelled to write to you because of the extreme pressure the
American Government and other security enforcement agencies in my country
have brought upon my family since the arrest of my father. Our family's
properties have been under probe and a lot have been seized from us
including sums of money from different accounts owned by my family.

Since my father's arrest, we have all been under surveillance, hence our
freedom have been somewhat curtailed and we have become very careful
regarding our activities. However, we are lucky that not all the family
savings and wealth have been discovered and i am contacting you to solicit
your cooperation and assistance in taking protective custody of some of
the funds especially the fund deposited with a security/finance companies
in Europe and Asia. The fund is valued at USD$67 Million United States
Dollars and we would like to re-assign the title to you, so that you take
the fund into safety for investment purposes.

For your cooperation in this effort, my family has agreed to offer you 20%
of the total sum after you have taken possession of the fund. Besides, you
are to invest and manage the fund in any profitable venture of your choice
and you also stand to share from the profit resulting from such
investment.

On hearing from you, I shall furnish you with more details and what should
be done.
Hoping to receive your urgent response through this my private email:
awtaylor01@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Alfred William Taylor.

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