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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: "T.C Ghankey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <taylor@astranew.info>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:24:26 -0000
Subject: Hello Friend......reply me now!!!!!

Hello,
I am Ghankey Taylor Jr, and have a sensitive and confidential brief from my family.
I am asking for your help in re-profiling and will give the details, but in summary, the
monies are coming via a bank.The cash money belongs to my father,CHARLES TAYLOR,who was the
former president of Liberia,now facing trial at the Hague in Europe,and with recent
development on my father's trial at the Hague,it is obvious that the people at the Hague
and my father's enemies are bent on sending my father to jail.My family is under due
pressure to give up these cash monies for further investment purposes on behalf of my
family as most of my father's cash monies and properties has been seized and
confiscated,this is the urgency for our family now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2008/05/080515_taylor_trial.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust.../070314_charles_taylor.shtml

This is a legitimate transaction and 100% risk-free and straight as long as you are ready
and willing to help my family and not take advantage of our unfortunate condition,for this
will be of great benefit to you. For further details, kindly write and provide me with:

Full Names:
telephone number:
fax number :
contact address:
occupation:

Finally, If this letter offends your moral values, do accept my apology and discard this
email quietly as my family does not want further crisis home front or anything that will
lead to further seizing and confiscation by the same corrupt officials and my father's
enemies.
Kindly write back. I look forward to hear from you.

Regards,
Ghankey Taylor

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