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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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Fraud email example:

From: josephtylor@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:08:07 +0200
Subject: PLEASE HELP.

Dear Sir,

SOLICITING FOR A BUSINESS VENTURE AND PARTNERSHIP
Before I proceed, I must be grateful to introduce myself. My name is
Mr.
Joseph Taylor a Liberian. I am the first son of President Charles
Taylor, the president of liberia . During the rebellion in my country,
I
absconded under my father's instructions with Twenty-Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$28.5M) which was part of the
money meant for campaigning for President Charls Taylor re-election
into
office.

Presently I have been able to move the funds diplomatically to a
Financial Vault Company in Europe where it is still kept in safe
custody.

MY REQUEST

As a result of my present situation as a refugee who cannot have access
to own an account or accounts, I am looking for a trustworthy
individual/firm by my father's instructions to advice us in making the
rightful investment as well as to provide account(s) where the funds
will be lodged into. More also, we are at the interim interested in
buying properties for residence as my family will be residing there in
the near future.

COMMISSION/REMUNERATION

As regards your commission/remuneration, my family have decided to
offer
you 25% of the total sum and also set aside 5% for all your expenses
(i.e telephone bills, travelling expenses, hotel bills and other
miscellaneous expenses).


I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and
other
business ventures will derive a huge success hereafter and it will be a
long lasting business association via my email for further breifing.

I await your anticipated co-operation.

Yours truly,

Mr. Joseph Taylor.

Alternative Email: jo_taylor20032003@yahoo.co.uk
View these websites:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/taylor.warcrimes/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index.html





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