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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: "Sgt John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgtadamssmith00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 05:39:24 -0700
Subject: With Trust

I am Sgt John Guy from the Engineering unit, the US 3rd Infantry Division Ba'qubah military base in Iraq. As you know we are being attacked by insurgents on daily basis coupled with
(Improvised explosive device) explosives we encounter almost every day, this has been responsible for the loss of US/British Soldiers more that combat
confrontations.
 
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, we discovered various amount of funds running into millions of dollars which we returned to the new (Iraqi
Government) as you can checkout details on the British broadcasting corporation BBC website.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
http://www.militaryconnections.com/news_story.cfm?textnewsid=314
 
When the situation became critical, we began to loose soldiers on daily basis, then we decided to keep some fund we discovered. The total amount in our custody is US$18.5million dollars in two boxes which we want to move out of this country. My partners and I need a good partner who will not betray our trust. We have concluded and solidify positive arrangement to move this out of Iraq through a high secured immunity.
 
Your share of the sum  will be 30% of the total cost, be rest assure that this business is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality, No strings attached, just help us move it out of lraq, for Iraq is a war zone. You will only help the diplomat to get the yellow tag paper as soon as they arrive in your airport.
 
If you are interested I will send you the full details, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest. The box can be shipped out in 48hrs. Please observe utmost confidentiality.
 
Regard.
Sgt.John Guy.

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