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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Princess Taylor <tprincess98@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:00:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you


From: Halima Taylor
Avenue 12 rue 10 Achimota,
Accra Ghana

Attn: Sir / Madam


Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. i am Miss Halima Taylor, the daughter of Charles Taylor former Liberian president.

Before they arrested my father, he secretly called me and told me that he has a sum of us$25.5million dollars (twenty five million five hundred thousand united states dollars) left in a vault of one of the security in Ghana, that he used my name as the next of kin during the time of depositing of the fund, and that i should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and used it for investment purposed (such as real estate management) and other business of my choice.

I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following areas.

1) To provide a bank account where this money would be transferred.

2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.

3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

The advice my father gave me was that i should not let any of his friends or relations to assist me in respect of this transfer, as they will betray me at last. I should suggest that you will come down here in Ghana to meet with the management of the security company to confirm everything before we will proceed. Moreover, i am willing to offer 30% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account in your Country.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me, as i believe that the delivery process to your account will be affected as soon as i heard from you.

For more clarifications mail me back and we need transparency in all our dealings and attach is the proof documents backing the said deposit which was issued to my late father by the security and finance company and also my passport copy.

Yours faithfully

Miss Halima Taylor

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