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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: "Mark Davis" <sgtmark31@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: sgtmarkdavis2322@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:12:31 +0000
Subject: RE: BUSINESS FROM IRAQ

dear Partner,

My name is Sgt Mark Davis . I need your help in keeping the money that we
moved from Ba'qubah in Iraq safe. We moved this money some months ago to a
Security Company in Italy. You know the funds are legal and it
is oil money.

we want to move the funds from Italy now to a secure place or location. Can
you provide that? The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash. This
money is in cash and we want to move it to you as soon as
possible. Mostly $100 dollar bill notes.Total of US$25 Million dollars. So
your share for helping me is US$12.5 Million dollars.Will you help?. I am
still in iraq and i will be discharged soon but no one knows when
this War will be over. I dont want to take any chances of loosing the
funds.We are sharing everything 50/50. This is a legitimate transaction.

If you are interested, i will provide you further details and instructions.

Can i trust you and will you help? Waiting for your urgent and positive
response.
Please send your full contact details so that i can reply you back asap.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask, I look forward to hearing
from you.

Yours Truly,
Sgt Mark Davis

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