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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27835354446 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "ruth taylor" <ruthtaylor01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:44:06 +0200
Subject: Urgent Business Request,


FROM : MRS RUTH TAYLOR

TELEPHONE 27=835=354=446

Dear sir,





Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I got your name and contact from the South Africa chamber of
commerce and industry.

After much deliberation I selected your name among other names due to its
esteeming nature with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to
confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

First and formost I will like to intoduce myself to you,I am MRS GraceTAYLOR
the third wife of Ex President CHARLES TAYLOR, the immediate past president
of LIBERIA in West Africa,inspite, the call of president GOERGE BUSH and
UNITED NATION, including other West African leaders for my husband to
stepdown and leave the country, but he refused then, due to somecertian
selfish reasons, that controlled almost all the African leaders, and he has
been fighting for his own interest which was not of my interest,surport
andintention.Even though his people which he was claiming that he
wasfighting to protect, did not want him.

Based on this issue I, my son and my daughter whom did not support my
husband's interest and did not want to suffer the Accusation of warcrime on
my husband's leadership,have decided to flew away and leave him behind
,almost two thousand people lost thier lives including my husband's
brotherwho was the finance minister under the when my husband was still
in power.Although he my husband finally step and is on exile at present in
Nigeria a western sub-region in Africa.

My husband who knows the price of war, life or dead, who have decided to
choose one, took me with my son and my daughter to JOHANNESBURG to deposited
the sum of US$ 7.5.M dollars in the security company. Now I, my son and my
daughter were in JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA where this money wasdeposited,
been granted ASSYLUM SEEKER here, but we are still surfering becuase we did
not have access to this money, due to the condition and themes ofASSYLUM
SEEKER, did not give us access to do anything or to invest in the countryand
we do not enjoy some certian right becuase the SOUTH AFRICANforeign policy
does not allow ASSYLUM SEEKERS to own an investment nor to operate any form
of account or to involved in any financial transaction.

It is against this background that I, my son and my daughter decided to move
this money out of SOUTH AFRICA, and i'm sadded with responsibity of seeking
for a genuine foreign account which this money could be transferred


I am willing to offer you 30% commissions of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account in your country,10% will be for all expenses we mayincure
in the period of the transaction.Furthermore, you indicate your options
towards assisting me as I believethat this transaction would be concluded
within a shortest period oftime so that I , my son and my daughter will come
over to your coutry for our investment purposes. Upon your interest and
Anticipating to assist me,I am looking forward to your further word with
interest.please, do not hesitate to contact me "private TELL:
+27-835-354-446 you can send your reply direct to me


I look forward to your earliest strictly reply me for confidendiality of
this transaction only on my son private mail for further details.

Thanks and God bless

MRS RUTH TAYLOR
(For the family).

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