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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +27836663377 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • tailorjunior23@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tailorjunior23@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:38:54 -0800
Subject: From Mr. Charles Tailor Junior,

>From Mr. Charles Tailor Junior,

Please my dear; my name is Charles tailor Junior, the first son of
Mr. Charles Tailor the former president of Liberia.

I was with my father trying to escape from the border of
Nigeria to Cameron last week 23rd and 24th March after we
hard that my father was declared wanted by the United Nation.
But unfortunately he was arrested at the border. I made away
with some amount of money hidden under our Jeep Car while the police
that arrested my father saw some big amount that was inside the jeep.

The amount I made away was 11Million United States dollars.
He was now in Liberia facing tribunal for war crime against humanity
by the united nation war tribunal.

Please, I tried to made my way to South-Africa with the 11Million USD.
I deposited it with one of the security company for safe keeping as
a family valuables worth (11MILLION UNTED STATE DOLLARS) pending
when I will find a sincere and honest foreign partner who will assist
me move it to his or her possession for my future investment purposes.

Please I will not misuse this money, as I don't know when my father's
case will end, so I will make sure this money didn't enter to a wrong hand.

If you promise to keep the secret this transaction requires,
please call me on +27-83-666-3377 for more information regarding
how we will move this money out of this country to your country for my
future Investment.Email address (tailorjunior23@webmail.co.za)

In receiving your important calls, we will then discuss how much
percentage you will charge me for assisting and moving this money
to your account.

Kindly keep this transaction confidential even if you are not interested
in assisting me.

I wait to hear from you.

Best regards
Mr. Tailor Junior

N/B.PLEASE IF YOU AGREE TO ASSIST ME, KINDLY DO SO NOW THAT I HAVE NOT
ACCUMULATED ANY STORAGE CHARGES FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY WHERE
I KEPT THE FUND.

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