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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: "John Byron Heyroth" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fcoupe1956@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:57 +0100
Subject: I speak to you in confidence.

Dearest,


My name is Sgt. John Heyroth. I am an American soldier with Swiss background,serving in the military in the Army Camp Speicher Tikrit, IRAQ. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars on tagged I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of (USD$26,000,000 )Twenty-six million United States dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no stolen money, and there are no risk or danger involved.


Source of money: Lots of money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam's old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt, Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole, Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. You will find the story of this money on the web address below;


http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-20-1-1.cfm


The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British Diplomat working here and his office enjoys some immunity, I was able to move the money to a Finance company as a diplomatic package. He did not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it is family valuables belonging to a medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family. The Finance Company are now waiting for us to provide the name of beneficiary who they will transfer the funds to. The reason I want you to claim the funds on my behalf is that as a soldier, I cannot present concrete evidence on how I made such a big amount of money down here. Besides the US Government is trying their best to keep their eyes on soldiers here in order to affect a high level of discipline among us. The moment I am sure that you are willing to assist me, I will give you the information of the Finance


One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldiers here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here and I have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God. This and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for your help, I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately. Please reply to my personal E-mail sgt56johnb@mail2Airforce.com


Yours in Service,
SGT. John Heyroth
CAMP SPEICHER
TIKRIT, IRAQ


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