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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: "Capt.Richard Hunt" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:56:23 +0200
Subject: Greetings...(I have a proposal for you)

Hello,

I am Capt. Richard Hunt from California, A Captain in the US Army,a
West Point Graduate presently serving in the Military of the 82nd AirBorne Division Peace
keeping force in Baghdad,Iraq.

I'm 38yrs single father with a 16yrs old daughter, and I'm contacting
you on behalf of my colleagues here in Baghdad, we are honestly seeking for your hands in
this partnership to move this allocation valued at {$25million} into your custody for safekeeping.

This money was secretly secured in the war zone, if you check the news
you will identify that this particular fund was not declared among the monies we found
at the war zone. View for more details http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

We are contacting you as an external body because of our status as
American soldiers on war duty. Our activities are

highly limited based on the U.S military code of conduct. If you are
seriously interested in this proposal, we have agreed to compensate you with 30% of the total $25Million for your
partnership while you keep the balance 70% for us pending my arrival in your location any time this
year as soon as I'm out of duty post for leave;

Please signify your interest by replying this message as soon as
possible with your most

Your full official names:
Confidential land phone/ mobile phone/ fax numbers:
Home
address:
City:
Occupation
Country:
Copy of your
international passport/Drivers License:

To enable us send
to you the basic conditions of this transaction in our next
communication.

Yours Respectfully,
Capt.Richard Hunt
Us Army
capt.hunt@live.com

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