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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: "jamesurban@cartagena.es" <jamesurban@cartagena.es>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:14:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Reply



Dear,

My name is Sgt James Urban, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the m=
ilitary of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regimient, Patrols Tal Afar, in Iraq. I =
apologized using this medium to reach you for a deal of this magnitude.=20

We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein=E2=80=99s family. The =
total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. We =
want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep o=
ur share for banking. I have the authority of my partners involved to propo=
se that should you be willing to assist us in this transaction, your share=
of the sum will be 30% of the US$25 million, 60% for us and 10% will be k=
ept aside for expenses and rest assure that this business is 100% safe on y=
our part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.

Basically since we are working for the American Government, we cannot keep =
these funds, We plan on using diplomatic courier by shipping the money out=
to you by using diplomatic immunity. No strings attached, just help us mov=
e it out of Iraq, for Iraq is a war zone. You will only help the diplomat t=
o get the yellow tag paper as soon as they arrive in your airport, they wil=
l have to call you to notify you that they have arrive for you to arrange w=
ith them on geting the tag so that the custom and immigration will not insp=
ect the consignment.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a=
good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you? W=
hen you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your inter=
est including your most confidential telephone/address for quick communicat=
ion for the delivery. This business is risk free. The box can be shipped ou=
t in 48hrs.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this busine=
ss is risk free.

Respectfully submitted
Sgt. James Urban.

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