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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: "Col. Tom Kurlick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tomkurlick_tom@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:43:39 +0800
Subject: I am Colonel Tom Kurlick,

Dear Sir/Madam ,

I am Colonel Tom Kurlick, a native of Memphis of the U.S state of Tennessee. I am actually looking at investing about five million dollars

with a short term investment plan in your country of residence and will appreciate a concise business proposal in enabling me have a clear

insight on your line of choice.

I had recently served as an Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team chief (EPRT) and Deputy Commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry

Division in Baghdad, Iraq. At this point i need a humble sincere indivudual whom will act as my investment manager and channel my funds to

a very lucrative business field.

I await your prompt response to this regards.

Thanks,

Col. Tom Kurlick
tomkurlick_tom@aol.com
Fort Riley, Kansas

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