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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 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.
  • lnfo_jewel2001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Jewel Taylor" <jewel.t2@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lnfo_jewel2001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:43:07 -0700
Subject: Letter of Inquiry

Dear ,


My name is Jewel Taylor, I am The wife of Charles .W. Taylor, the
embattled president of Liberia. Presently, all of us who participated
incharles tailors regime and some of our family members are now in
Nigeria on political asylum since rebels in our country took over
power from Charles Taylor in 2003. Then I was taking care of Charles
Taylor's private investment.Until now, the internationalcommunity spear headed by
the United Nations organization (UNO) ordered that bank accounts of
former Liberian president, Charles Taylor and colleaques must be frozen
anywhere in the world including his valuable assets.

However, I have in some where a deposited reasonable amount of ($11.5MillonUsd) money
with a company, that I will mention Name to you. Once you indicate
your interest to stand as my beneficiary and Next of Kin.For security
reasons,I did not register the fund in the BOXES in the company as
fund, rather it was deposited with a name I will disclose to
you if you are interested to stand as the beneficiary of the fund.

For your assistance and cooperation, I am willing to accept a
reasonable agreement that will favor you and me in order for you to
manage the fund into a lucrative venture that you know more about, once you
indicate your readiness to stand as my partner in progress, I will then
download those documents to you for clarification and immediate processing of
claim.Get back to me at my private email address(lnfo_jewel2001@yahoo.com).


I will wait for your immediate intervention.

Very truly yours,
Mrs Jewel Taylor

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