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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor" <jht2006@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:01:37 -0300
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY

YOUR KIND ATTENTION: I AM MRS JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR FORMAL FIRST LADY AND WIFE OF FORMAL LIBERIA PRESIDENT CHARLES GHANKAY TAYLOR, I AM WRITTING TO SEEK YOUR HIGHLY ESTEMMED HELP/ CONSENT IN A LASTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL BENEFIT INVOLVING ($45 MILLION USD) FOUTY-FIVE MILLION USD FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMPANY/COUNTRY UNDER A JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS MONEY IS DEPOSITED IN CASH AND PRESENTLY IN EUROPE WITH A SECURITY FINANCIAL COMPANY. I WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS DEAL VERY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE AS YOU MAY KNOW I AM THE PRESENT SENATOR REPRESENTING BONG COUNTY IN LIBERIA AND BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ARREST AND HAND OVER OF MY FORMAL HUSBAND CHARLES TAYLOR TO THE WAR TRIBUNAL, I AM FOUR OTHER CO SENATORS HAVE BEEN DENIALED TRAVELLING PERMISSION BY THE WEST AND SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES. YOU MAY REFER TO THIS SITE FOR RECENT REPORTS (http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50978&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=LIBERIA) FOR DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: jehota@yahoo.ca FOR MORE INFORMATION. REGARDS. MRS. JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR

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