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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt. Paul Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <p.morgan29@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:19:30 -0800
Subject: ATT:CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP

>From :Capt. Paul Morgan.
2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Patrols.
Anbar province, Iraq.
 
Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you
as a huge surprise, I am Capt. Paul Morgan, serving in the 2nd Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment which Patrols the Anbar province,Iraq.
 
I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to
contact you. I am presently in Iraq. I am seeking your assistance to
safeguard the sum of $26,000,000.00 (Twenty Six Million US Dollars) in your
custody for disbursement and establishment in any country of your choice.
 
Presently I and my other colleague have successfully used
DIPLOMATIC MEANS to send this money to a security vault in Ghana through a
Diplomat friend whom we did not disclose the content of the consignment.
 
All I need is your sincerity and total commitment to work with us as
partner, I will give you directives on how to contact the security vault to give
you access to the deposit and then receive you in Ghana for necessary
documentation (CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/STATUS OF DEPOSIT TO YOUR NAME) as the
owner/beneficiary of the deposit before delivery to you.
 
The security vault legal luminary will also present an agreement, which I
have signed and seal for your perusal and endorsement before the change of
the ownership. This agreement will legally bind us as partners throughout
the period of this transaction against betrayal of trust and confident.
 
You will find more about this fund on the link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
 
Contact Email : capt_paulmorgan2003@yahoo.com
 
Respectfully,
 
Capt. Paul Morgan.
2nd Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment Patrols
Anbar province, Iraq.
 
 

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