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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: Major Barrett Croke <majorbarrettcroke@att.net>
Reply-To: majorbarrettcroke@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:16:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY (From Major Barrett Croke)




>From The desk:Major Barrett Croke
Third infantry Division ,
United States Military Base,Baghdad, Iraq.


Dear Sir,

Good day to you, my name is Major Barrett Croke an American soldier, serving with the US military with the Third infantry Division in Iraq. I and my superior officers were assigned to move the funds belonging to Saddam Hussein and his regime leaders, the total of $174,000,000.00 (One hundred and Seventy four million US dollars) that we found during one of our raiding, all the money were kept and hidden in containers.

We were also assigning to supervise the flying of the money out of the country to a secure location for counting purposes. Funds will remain secure in this location until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation.

I and my superior officer was able to successfully divert the sum of($8million) eight million United States dollars and safely deposited with a private security vault in Dubai United Arab Emirates as Non inspection package with our military immunity. Since then the funds has been there for the tension to calm down before we can move it out for our respective personal investment. You can go to this web link to read about the events
That took place to drive home my points:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

basically since we are still on Peace keeping assignment here Iraq, we cannot keep these funds nor expose our identity in connection with this funds. This is the reason I am been mandated to look for a trustworthy person to help us claim this funds and utilized it on a viable business investment and help us keep accurate record of the proceeds till we safely made our return from the war zone of Iraq. if President Obama keeps his word regarding plan to withdraw most troops from Iraq in 18 months (August 2010 ) leaving about 35,000 to 50,000 of the current total of around 140,000 troops behind till December 2011 when all remaining troops would completely be pulled out of Iraq.

My attorney will arrange with attached diplomat who will secure the Diplomatic immunity clearance certificate that will be tagged on the trunk boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic consignment and deliver to your door step, as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents, there is no risk involved at all in this matter.. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. I don’t want to expose my identity in connection with these funds. This is the reason I am contacting you for the claim of these funds, and utilized my 60% share on a viable business investment in the growing economy in your country for our mutual benefits, and 40% for you.

Please get back to me with your full name and address, date of birth,Profession/Occupation, Private Telephone number, with a scan copy of your Identification to confirm your readiness and capability to handle this deal.

Waiting urgently to hear from you.

My regards.

Major Barrett Croke

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