419 scam: Frank Taylor <ftaylorsy@yahoo.co.th> Your Urgent Attention Needed

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Taylor <ftaylorsy@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: Frank Taylor <frankbueforda@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:53:02 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Your Urgent Attention Needed

Kind Attention ,

Greetings , my name is Frank Taylor .Am contacting you in good faith and hoping that my contact with you will transpire into mutual relationship for now and forever.I am the eldest son of late Sir Beuford Taylor a Liberian , he was a gold merchant and also a know politician. I live presently in Ghana for peace with my only surviving junior sister her name is Tracy Taylor she is 23yrs of age.

Am writing you because i want to make investment in your country which your assistance will help me a lot in making the investment of 314 kilos of gold bars in a security company and US$45million deposit which my late father purposefully registered as family valuable in other not to arise any questioning in Accra Ghana. I am 25 years of age and I can not do anything on my own here because of the position of my late father as an ex-politician.

I want you to help me transfer this fund to your country for investment as my foreign beneficiary, I cannot touch this deposit because am under a very tight situation .so this is why I need your assistance as a foreign partner to help me. I will sign the authority over to your name as we proceed to perfect you on this deal as my foreign partner to claim the fund because there is no how i can present myself now .

I will be instructing you on the best measures, please be inform that there is no risk in this assistance. I will also invite an attorney here to help carry us through for legal documentations and also to put up an agreement binding between me and you because when this fund is transfer, you will be entitle to 20% of the fund for any investment we make in your country.

Thank you, I await your urgent reply. Include for me your direct telephone number for our effective communication.

Sincerely yours,
Frank Taylor.

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