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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- dankwasllc@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gen Morgan Peters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dankwasllc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:02:55 +0100
Subject: Good day Dear Friend,

Good day Dear Friend,

My name is Gen Morgan Peters, an American soldier with 3rd infantry
Division serving in Iraq . With a very desperate need for assistance, I
have summed up courage to contact you, I found your contact particulars in
an address journal and I’m seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of
($ 10.5 million U.S. dollars) Ten million Five Hundred Thousand United
States dollars to you, as far as I can be rest assured that my own share
will be safe in your custody until I complete my service here.

It’s not a stolen money, some huge amount of money in various currencies
was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces
in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation and it was agreed by Sgt Kenneth
buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before
informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first, we knew
that it’s an illegal act but I tell you what? No compensation can make up
for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. Of which my
brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. You will find the
story of this money on the web address below:

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

the above figure was given to me as my share and to conceal it became a
problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here and his
Office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe
location. He does not know the real contents of the package hence I told
him that it was a family valuables belonging to an American medical doctor
who died in a raid here in Iraq .
Note: every necessary arrangement has been perfected well for the smooth
delivery of the package to you with the help of a Diplomat who is working
here with the US Marine. Please it’s not a must that you should assist me
in this transaction but if you are willing and sincere to help me secure
the fund, be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and it
does not contradict the laws of any country.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter
with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and
please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too
bad for us soldier’s here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain
here but am planning to quit the army immediately after you have secured
the fund so that I can enjoy my life like every other normal people.
Please kindly contact me on this email for Security purpose and for lack
of indigenous network coverage. Also I want you to indicate clearly how
many percent you will take from the entire fund as your commission for
work well done.

Do Reach me with following detail: dankwasllc@gmail.com

Your full names:
Age:
Address:
Phone:
Occupation:

Regards,
Gen Morgan Peters
Abul Uruj, Baghdad , Iraq

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