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

Fraud email example:

From: jamie.taylor1@sapo.pt
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:40:58 +0100
Subject: I am Jamie Taylor the son of former President Charles Taylor of
Liberia.




=09FROM Jamie Taylor
2nd Avenue, A Close,House 10
Cocody,=20

=09ABIDJAN=20

=09COTE D\'IVOIRE,

=09WEST AFRICA.

=09Greeting to you and your family.

=09I got your contact in my search for a honest and trustworthy person
who will be of assistant to our family at this critical period when
it seems the whole world have deserted us. I hope you will lend ears
to this my request which I hope will be of benefit to you.

=09I am Jamie Taylor the second son of former President Charles Gangan
Taylor writing you from Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire on the instruction of
my father who is presently facing the war crimes tribunal in Freetown,
Sierra Leone .The new Liberia government of Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirlaef
who once served and fought under my father is the one that
masterminded the present problem.

=09The new=20

=09Liberia government has insisted that my father will face the war
crime tribunal in Freetown Sierra Leone. Based on this latest
development, my father instructed me while in Nigeria=A0under a
political asylum to secretly sought for a foreign partner who can be
of help=A0to transfer USD12.5 Million US dollars which he deposited in
a private security company in Calabar, Nigeria. It was deposited as
family valuables to avoid the security company raising eye-brow. This
was done during the time he was a President before he left for exile
to Nigeria on 21st September 2003. He also added that the tribunal
may like to trace up any such of his wealth in=20

=09Africa continent.=20

=09I am currently in Abidjan Cote=20

=09d'Ivoire with the documents covering deposit.

=09Please dear if you are willing to assist me to carry out this
transfer successfully, kindly reply immediately stating your private
phone and fax number so that I will furnish you with every details
including the contact of the company for your perusal as we have no
time to waste. We mapped out 15% of the total money as your share as
soon as we conclude the transfer to your country, while 5% will be
used to cover every expense that may be incurred.

=09I hope to read from you soon.

=09God bless you.

=09Jamie Taylor.=20

=09=A0

=09=A0
___________________________________________________________________

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