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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: "nikolas_ta Gazeta.pl" <nikolas_ta@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: nikolas_ta@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:19:08 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP


Dear sir,

Actually,i have a business proposal for you.I am a security agent with the
United Nations troop in Iraq , on war against terrorism.Based on the United
State legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Iraq
come this year 2008, I have been deployed to come and work in your country's
military base soonest.Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted
states, mostly the United States and the European Union on the war against
terrorism.On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my
possession the sum of 9.2 million USD. which was recovered from one of our
raids on terrorists here in Iraq because they keep most of their money at
home for evil activities which they normally get through illegal deals on
crude oil.

Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck. It
happened that I went for this raid with the men in my unit and found this
fund, I decided to take it as my share for my stress here in this evil land
filled with suicide bombers.I registered this money as a consignment and
transferred it to Europe and deposited it in security company in Europe with
DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE.

Furthermore,i want you to know that diplomats run a courier service which is
called DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE, this service is meant for transferring
hard documents, huge funds and precious stones. they call it
consignment.This consignment will be registered under service and will be
carried with their diplomatic immunity to any country where they have
diplomatic grounds and then deliver it to the owner of the consignment on
the grounds where they maintain diplomatic immunity.

However,i told the diplomat who is a very good friend of mine with a decent
mind because i gave him security assistance when he came here,that the
consignment belongs to a friend of mine that traveled for a business deal,
that he will contact him as soon as possible to claim the consignment when
he return. I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount
so I need to present someone to the diplomat because he did not know that
the consignment belong to me, it is 100% RISK FREE and It is under my power
to approve whoever comes forth for this money to avoid demur rage in the
security company.

Mean while,i wish to use this money for charity purposes in Turkey,where we
have about 3 million Iraqi refugees and Sudan where we have currently the
highest numbers of refugees displaced as a result of war.You need to visit
such places.I want to invest the money on stock fish from Norway to this
refugees because base on my experience on battle ground in this places, they
lack a lot of fish and meat to add to their meager and unpalatable meals
which they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows
when the problem ends.

Instead of allowing this terrorists to get the money and spend it on
purchasing arms from Russia,it is better channeled to saving the world.I
cannot move this money myself owning to the nature of my job,hence I will be
in Europe for about 3years,so I need someone I could trust and your
acceptance.

Please if you are interested in this transaction i will give to you the
complete details and
the contact of the DIPLOMAT in Europe,you need it for us to carry out this
transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not
imaginary and that is why
I went to a secured site where I can be sure that the person is real. I
believe I can trust you. where we are now we have only our military
communication facilities which is not secured for a telephone conversation,
so i prefer writing to you where nobody can monitor our emails, then I can
explain in details to you.I will only reach you through email, because our
calls might be monitored,I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

If you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this
message,if no response after 3days I will then search for someone else. I am
doing this on trust, you should understand and you should know that as a
trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are the bad
type, but I pray you are not. 9.2 million USD is a lot of money which is the
dream of anyone.

I wait for your urgent reply of this mail so we can go on. In less than
4days the money should have been noted on your account and I will come over
for my money. I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I
am been fair on this deal.

Regards,
Nikolaos Tsarouchis
Atten:nikolas_ta@rediffmail.com <Atten%3Anikolas_ta@rediffmail.com>

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