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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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Fraud email example:

From: "james_clayton6@terra.es" <james_clayton6@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:08:48 +0100 (MET)
Subject: PLS GET BACK TO ME ASAP !!!



Hello Buddy,

I hope my email meets you well. My name is sgt James Clayton jr. I am in the Engineering military unit here in Baghdad in Iraq, with Esophageal cancer which has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few weeks/month to live, according to medical experts. My late 2 collegues who died last week in a bomb blast and I found a huge sum of $25 Million USD (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm)
that we have sucessfully moved out of the country to spain via a diplomatic courier service. I am contacting you because i want you to help with claiming of this merchandise and help me distribute them to charity organizations and homeless people.


I feel distributing the funds would be a way to appease the LORD and also want God to be merciful to me and my late friends and also accept our souls ,because we have killed so many in the war, but we where only serving our country. I have decided to give this sum 0f $25 Million USD to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

I will want you to help me collect this consignment and dispatched it to charity organizations like i have said earlier.I have set aside 30% for you and your time. The most important thing is that can I TRUST you Once the funds get to you?, and also would you distribute the rest 50% to charity organizations?. Your own part of this deal is to contact the DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE on how the consignment can be released and sent down to your home addresse and also find a safe place where the funds can be kept. If you are interested I will furnish you with more details.
But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times because if the authoritizes are aware this funds,it would be seized and used for purchasing ammunations and irrelevant accessories,whereby we have so many sick,homeless kids dying with hunger..

I am awaiting your urgent response on my private email,

sgtjamesclayton@hotmail.com

IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!


Regards.

SGT .JAMES CLAYTON






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