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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: "Robert James" <captrobertjames@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:21:40 +0200
Subject: Mutual Request

Good day,

I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, on war
against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive
decision, for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Our mission is to
help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and
the European Union on war against terrorism. On the other hand I want
to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of (USD12.5 million)
which I got from crude oil deal here in Afghanistan. I deposited this
money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact
for the real owner of the money. It is under my power to approve
whoever that comes forth for this money.

I want to invest the money for a good business, so I need someone I
could trust to channel this box & If you accept i will transfer the
money to you so that you will represent as the beneficiary because I am
a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need
to present someone as the beneficiary.

I am an intelligence officer for that so I have a 100% authentic means
of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service. I just
need your acceptance and all is done. Please if you are interested in
this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for
us to carry out this transaction successfully decided to find someone
that is real and not imaginary and that is why I went to a secured site
where I can be sure that the person is real. I believe I can trust you.

Where we are now we can only communicate through our military
communication facilities which is much secured so nobody can monitor
our conversation, then I can explain in details to you, at the moment i
can only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored,
i just have to be sure of whom I am dealing with for more confidence in
me for the deal and I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for
me. I hope am been fair on this deal, get back to me with your full
information such as: Your Full Name, Full Address, Direct Cell phone
Number, Occupation and Age.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I
can call you for further Inquiry when I am out of our military network
am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do
not reply to this email and please delete this message.

Regards,

Captain Robert James
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