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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: "jeffry.davies123" <jeffry.davies123@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:40:26 -0200
Subject: hello


I feel not quite safe discussing this Business with you through this
Internet method, why because this transaction is very important business
and must be treated Confidential. Though using this medium of Internet has
been greatly abused, I still choose to reach you through it because it
still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidential
for us to achieve a successful transaction, meanwhile my name is Colonel:
Jeffry Davies i was born 25/July/ 1963; I'm from United State of America,
but presently I’m at Afghanistan. My reason of contacting you is in
Accordance with what is happening here in Afghanistan, anybody can get
killed at anytime because we are on the Battle filed that is why I want to
share part of my secrete with you. i need to share my secret with someone
so that he can assist me in this transaction because I’m presently in a
position that I can not do this alone,

Last week, we went on a raid in the Northern part of Afghanistan. It
happened that in one of the buildings we raided that was occupied by one of
the Afghanistan Taliban Boss, i bumped into huge raw cash hidden under the
ground. I found this treasure just weeks days ago. I’m happy because I
know that this treasure will change my life when I retire. I have secured
the funds from the northern part of Afghanistan to where it’s hidden now.
I’m scared because I might get killed or have problem with US authorities,
if they get to know about this, I will loose my job and as well loose the
money, so I want this transaction to be treated confidential. Nobody knows
about this money except me and there is no problem attached to it at all
because there are no trace attach to get to the funds because everyone
believes that the funds has been burned in a fire. The funds are now safely
hidden in a self place, if i fail to move the funds now, someone might come
to know about it and I will loose everything.

Means of Delivery:

So my dear, i am employing you to do this as a true partner, so that this
money will be moved to you for the purpose of investment, and i will work
my way out of here to come and meet you in your country. Because of the
rules and regulation of the military , we are not allowed access to cash
here in the base in Kabul.

Note: This Transaction is going to cost us some expenses for the Process of
clearance at the port of entry in your your country, also you have to
understand that the Total Amount that is in the Trunk Box is
(US$15,400,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars), and
is deposited in a self place where i will not tell you about it until after
we have reach an agreement that you will keep my secret, i have inquired
from the delivery unit that will deliver at your door step and in certainty
this transaction is 100% risk free, so I want you to understand that I’m
not a greedy Human being, I will give you 40% of the total Money and 10%
for your expenses for the documentations, why you invest my 50% with you
until when I retire and come to meet you in person,so i want your sincerity
and honesty, as trust is the most essential in this, remember two can not
work except they agree. i want us to agree to the success of this
transaction.



Thanks and waiting to hear from you.hello

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