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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: <info@transfer032.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <capt.kenroycarrtem@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:20:21 -0700
Subject: *** Good Day,I have a business proposal for you.



Good day

I would like to invest in your country and that would be on real estate
and landed properties.
I am so interested to buy properties through you and for a matter of
fact I am ready to start investing on this properties.
But first, Id like to make a business deal with you because you are the
only person I can confide in, if only you can confide in me.

I am a Navy Commander with United State 3rd Marine Regiment with the
United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force coalition in the
United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing some
troops Based in Darfur, and also a special adviser to Chief of NATO Army
staff.

I am ready and willing to invest in your country and pay for the
services, and that is why I am contacting you to know if you can be
willing to do this business with me. I have in my possession the sum of
EUR 19.9million which was one of our attacks on a rebel group in Darfur,
because they keep most of their money at home for the illegal
procurement of weapons and sponsorship of kidnappings and other crimes.

I went for this raid with my men in my Unit and I have decided to take
the money as my own share as regards the stress we face
here everyday in this wicked country of murderers, terrorist
organizations,al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgency.

Based on the suffering that we all experience here, and staying out for
a while without your lovely family and friends, and I believe you know
how it feels being without family and friends. some of us are so lucky
to be alive, while some are kill basically.

It is either you kill thousands of people in a WAR command strike or you
are killed and this happens constantly and that's one more reason
why I want to leave this job and come and invest in your country.

I want to use this money for real estate and landed property, I have
decided to resign and leave FORCE and move to your country to invest in
Real Estate and landed Property and that would be once the business is
accomplished.

I filled up this Money with Red Cross agent and I told him that I will
contact the actual owner of the money, as it is stands now it is in my
power to approve who comes next for this Money.

If I transfer the money through diplomatic courier department in my name
without a beneficiary, which is the safest way, I will have a query to
answer and this will put me in trouble and the money will be confiscated
without delay.

So I need someone that is ready to accept this money with good faith, If
we have a deal, I will transfer the money, where the receiver/
beneficiary is at the moment because I am a uniformed person and I
cannot be parading or carrying such an amount of money, so that is why I
need somebody who will be the recipient/beneficiary.

Currently, as an American and an Intelligence officer, I have 100%
authentic means of transferring this money through diplomatic courier
means. I just need your acceptance and the job is done.

Please, if you are interested in this transaction, I will furnish you
with all the details on how to transfer the Money and to see that this
transaction move on successfully and I need some one that is real and
not imaginary,

I will feel more comfortable if you can confide in me while I will
confide in you.

We have a military Call Installation System,and it is called MONITOR.
i.e. most of our activities and communication are monitored here in the
Camp.

If I can count on you, I will love it if we communicate through email
for now until I leave the camp or else our calls will be monitored.

To communicate, we can communicate through email.

I would also like to inform you that the only person I have disclose
this information at the moment is only you and I would want you to keep
it to yourself only to avoid discouragement.

Once you agree on this deal, I will provide you with other details on
how to proceed you can reply me immediately once you are interested.

If you are interested in this deal, please reply me on my email.

And if you are not interested, please delete this message and if I did
not receive email Response from you after 3 days then I will look for
someone else. I am doing this on trust, I should understand you, and you
should understand me.

You know that 19.9MILLION EURO is a lot of money and this is the dream
of everyone.

I am waiting for your contact information, we have a couple of days, to
have the money in your care, and I will come to your country for my
share. I'll give you 30% and 70% of the total money is for me. I hope
I'm nice about this business.

And if you are not interested, please delete this message and if I did
not receive email Response from you after 3 days then I will look for
someone else. I am doing this on trust, I should understand you, and you
should understand me.

You know that 19.9MILLION EURO is a lot of money and this is the dream
of everyone.

I am waiting for your contact information, we have a couple of days, to
have the money in your care, and I will come to your country for my
share. I'll give you 30% and 70% of the total money is for me. I hope
I'm nice about this business.

This is my e-mail address: For additional communication:
capt.kenroycarrtem@gmail.com

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