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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: "Kaplan.c" <collinssussand@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: collinssussandd@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:52:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: pls try to get back to me soon


Dear Sir,I am Carl C Kaplan of 35 Calle LaReina
Rancho Mirag,CA, 92270.My S S N : 108014589,Driver's
Licence number N6005789,D O B : 04/02/1918
..I got your email account when i used to attend JPL
Bible Chuch Monterey Ave.Rancho mirage Ca,92270.Two
years ago ,i was befall with a strange illness ,which
has almost paralysed me and the worse is that i can
not talk normal,but if i can manage to talk no one can
hear
or understand me.The sickness has affected my speech
and sometimes it gets into worse.
I was hospitalised in Healthcare/medical in Riverside
and later i was transferred to John F Kennedy Memorial
Hospital: 47111 Monroe Street Indio, CA 92201
Sometme ago,my son Richards JD ,who was in the
military ,but serving in Iraq .He sent a box through
one of his pilot colleague in Iraq .He said that the
box contains $10million usd ,but the pilot friend did
not know that it is money ,rather he told him that it
was some of his personal effects ,he wants him to give
to me ,his father to keep for him.So when this friend
arrived home ,he tried to get to me by phone and mail
,but to no avail,because i was hospitalised
then.So he left a message to me in my mail box ,with
the details of where he kept the box .
As my son later instructed him to do ,since he did not
see me.
With my present condition ,i had to sent all the
informations about the Bond company back to my son
email box ,so that whenever he comes back ,he can go
to the company and claim it by himself.But
surprisingly ,i heard that my son has been killed in
Iraq,he was killed 29th of july 2007.With my present
condition and old age with no one
to
care for me ,i don't think i can be able
to continue .I need your assitance ,i want you to take
control ,
My phone is cut because
of debt and i am no more making calls ,because of my
health condition.
I am almost a dead man ,so i want your help .I want
the money to be under you care,and you to help me to
establish a memorial centre for my son.
My condition is getting worse day by day ,i need you
to be of good help to me .I can not forget this money
and i want you to tell me your percent or how much you
will like to collect from it.
What i want you to do now is to ,send me your name
,address and phone number ,to know how it will make a
change of ownership in your favour.
NB.Richards JD, was not my bilogical son ,but i raised
him ,i made him what he was ,i trained him and i
called him my son and he took me as his father,because
his parents died when he was too small.And he told me
that he ,got this money from civilian who was trying
to moveout of Iraq into Iran border.
Pls. this is the email account of my late wife,she started using it b/4 i married her,
so feel free to get back to me here .


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