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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: "Sgt. Kennedy Nwan" <t.a.endicott@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: kennedynwan@bigstring.com
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:29:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU WITH THIS? ..LET DO IT TOGETHER .....



From:The Table of Sgt. Kennedy Nwan

Hello,

My name is Sgt.Kennedy Nwan and I am an American Soldier serving in the Military of the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. As you know, we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombings. We stumbled into Saddam Hussein's storage vault and discovered funds belonging to his family. The total amount is US$168.5 Million Dollars. We want to move this money to a reputable/sincere person for investment purposes. This is the reason for contacting you.

We are ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds. We have shipped the money out of Iraq to a security company in Europe via diplomatic means as Iraq is a war zone. We want you to help us receive the funds into your bank account for purposes of investiments or you can set up a fresh account for this transaction. If you are interested, I will send you more details. We are three colleagues in this business transaction and I was mandated to find a good and respectable partner with great reputation that we can trust.

Can we trust you?. If you want us to trust you, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest to this email (kennedynwan@bigstring.com) and supply me with the following information to enable us continue with all processes regards to this transaction:-

1 Your telephone numbers
2 Your full mailing address
3 Your nature of business
4 Your marital status.

This transaction is 100% risk free. You can visit this website for better understanding. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm.

Respectfully,

Sgt. Kennedy Nwan


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