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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 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.
  • info_charlestaylor@juno.com

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES TAYLOR" <pres.charlestaylor@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: infocharlestaylor@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:08:20 +0000
Subject: GREETING

FROM CHARLES TAYLOR
THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
NO 5/BLOCK B ETHIEBET GRA,
CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA.
EMAIL:info_charlestaylor@juno.com
 
HELLO DEAR,
 
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THE PRESIDENT CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO
[GCFR] HAS GRANTED ME ASYLUM IN NIGERIA AND WE ARE PRESENTLY LEAVING
IN CALABAR ESTERN PART OF NIGERIA.
PLEASE I HAVE WHAT I WILL CALL MY FAMILY LAST HOPE MONEY WHAT USD$115M
TO TRANSFER TO ANY FOREIGN TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL HELP ME INVEST THIS
FUNDS INTO ANY GOOD BUSINESS PROJECT. AS I CAN NO LONGER HAVE ANY OTHER
MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD. PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTRESTED IN HELPING ME TO SECURE
THIS FUND THE FUNDS IS PRESENTLY WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE, INTO
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AFTER WHICH MY SON WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO START
UP A BUSINESS PROJECT WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE SO IF YOU WHISH TO HELP PLEASE
RESPONSE TO ME URGENTRY THROUGH MY PERSNAL EMAIL ADERSS.
BEST REGARD
CHARLES TAYLOR

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