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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: Richards <DavidRi777@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:59:21 +0300
Subject: Hi,

Hi,

I am an active British soldier currently in Afghanistan. I am with the
40th Regiment Royal Artillery in Afghanistan. We hijacked a suspected
helicopter painted black we discovered that the owner is one Mr. Ryan
Lackey a business tycoon, an entrepreneur and computer security
professional that operates in war zones. We allowed the pilot and his
assistance to escape from our custody of investigations. The Door
gunners sitting behind machine guns in the Blackhawk helicopter tried
shooting at our direction before we cleared them all living only the
pilot and his assistant to land the Blackhawk helicopter to our
directions.

Check below link to read little about Mr. Ryan Lackey. And his
business tycoon in various war zones.

http://www.mail-archive.com/cypherpunks-moderated@minder.net/msg12015.html

We discovered other currencies including US dollars of about $ 16
million loaded inside the Blackhawk helicopter. We want to move this
money out of this place.. This place is a war zone, so that you may
keep our share pending the end of our assignment here in Afghanistan.

We will take 70%. You take 30%. No strings attached, just help us move
it out of Afghanistan, Afghanistan is a war zone. We plan on using
secured logistics courier to ship the money out in a large box.

If you can help to receive the box for us, I will send you the full
details. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including
your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication
also your contact details. This should be a secret and must be kept
secret.

Respectfully,
Gen Sir David Richards (right)



















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