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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • drktaylor51@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "drktaylor51.ng@virgin.net" <drktaylor51.ng@virgin.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:26:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY BACK.


Dear Friend,
I want you to assist me and my partner to recieve a package which we are working on how to move it out of our country down to your country,and we promise to give you 20% of the package.
You are adviced to reply me with this my private email address: drktaylor51@excite.com
We only need:
(1) Your full name (2) Your address (3) Mobile telephone number (4) Copy of any identification of yours for us to make the deposit with your name.
The flight that will be leaving with the package will be leaving this weekend, that is why we need your assistance for us to make sure the package leave immediately.
The content of vthe package is $15 million U.S dollars, our company Shell Bloc, Crude Oil want to send this money to our customers in Europe through a security company and it was declare and tagged Artifact.
We want to divert the money to you so that we will all share it.As a result, we want you to send us the needed informations for us to deposit the money with your name to the security company that will be leaving with the package.
Please we are sorry if we have offended you for the assistance,but we believe the business will change our life.
I wait your reply with the informations so that we will deposit it with your name as the rightfully beneficiary and after that we give you the Goods Number, Code,The Tracking Number.
Thanks and God bless us,Kingsley Taylor

Anti-fraud resources:

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