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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: Tim Wallace <timwall007@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: timwall007@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:26:40 +0100
Subject: Hello and Good day


Good day,

My name is Mr.Tim Wallace. I am an American soldier serving with the 1st Armoured Regiment Batallion in Iraq. We may soon be posted to leave Iraq and go back to our station in Germany. Right now, I and some soldiers wounded in a road side bomb in bagdad by insurgents still loyal to the ousted regime are currently in Kuwait responding to medical treatment.

My superior and I succesfully moved some funds seized from one of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's private presidential residence (PALACE) during our raids on some of his bunkers, the amount at stake is Usd$6,514,000.00 (Six Million, Five hundred and fourteen thousand United States Dollars), this money is now being kept away from the notice of anybody at an undisclosed location in Europe. Basically since we are still men in service, it will not be wise for us to keep such amount of money under our possession for now to avoid court Marshall.

Most importantly Is that this mail conversation must be kept personal, and should never be discussed or disclosed to anyone outside your person. The only work related obstacle involved whatsoever is when you expose this mail. Our aim is to find a person that we can trust who is willing to receive this money into another safe location pending our physical arrival. Can we trust you? Kindly send me an e-mail to my private box at: timwall007@hotmail.com, signifying your interest or intentions towards this offer.

20% is what you will get for your involvement in this deal.

Respectfully submitted,
Mr. Tim Wallace

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