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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: thomas williams <thomaswilliam08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <thomaswillams1@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:41:44 +0200
Subject: Capt Thomas Williams. (U.S MARINE)



Dear Friend, I am captain Thomas J. Williams in the US Marine Corps on Monitoring and Peace a keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq. The reason why I am explaining my Finding to you is to seek for your assistance to enable you contributes immensely to the actualization of my dreams.On the 17th day of July 2007, we were alerted on the presence of someTerrorist’s hideouts in Haifa Street, a long thoroughfare of high-riseBuildings built by Saddam Hussein here in Baghdad.After Immediate intervention by the Iraqi forces and ours, we were able to capture many foreign Arab fighters linked to al Qaeda in that operation and over 100 militants were killed on the process. Among the Arab fighters Linked to al Qaeda two were interrogated by two of our intelligent Investigators and I. They confessed that some of them are fighters for al Qaeda and some are for Ayman al-Zawahiri and they took us to some of their Hideout which runs along the west bank of the Tigris River that cuts Through the capital. When we invaded into the hideout, we recovered several guns, amourIncluding some boxes among which two contains bullets, one filled withHard drugs (heroine) and the other two to my amazement contain some USDollars which we assumed amounted to $25.M after I and two of theIntelligent investigators counted them and it took us over 4 hours to get It counted. I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy so that we can have The money to our selves, they all agreed to the plan and they replied to Me on how I can get this huge sum out of this country and I told them that Vitals no problem.This motivated me to connive with my best friend in our force who wentWith me and the two other officers to keep the boxes in a safer place. I am now in keen need of a "Reliable and Trustworthy" person like you who Would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars For me until my assignment elapses here. And I have ship the consignment Through diplomatic/Shipment Company to South Africa with one of myColleague who traveled with me to South Africa because of this transaction And the consignment is deposited in a safe security company for safe Keeping and the security company does not know the content of this Consignment for security reasons and I want you to know that you are the Only person that I have contacted regarding this transaction, all the doc From the security farm are with my legal adviser which will be sent to you as soon as we finalize, I assure and promise to give you 20% of this fund, however feel free toNegotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this deal.Please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret to protect my jobWith the US Monitoring and Peace-Keeping mission.Please you can contact me with my private mailbox.thomaswillams1@myway.comMy Sincere regards,Capt Thomas Williams. (U.S MARINE)
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