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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: "Col. Brian Kent" <colbriankent65@gmail.com>
Reply-To: col.briankent0010@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Waiting..your earliest response!




Hello dear!



How are you today? I know you may be surprised to have received this email, but please read on.



Let me first introduce myself to you. My names are Col. Brian Dennison Kent. I am writing from the 3rd Infantry Division, Engineering Unit; US Military base Ba'qubah, Iraq. I am contacting you on behalf of my colleagues here in Iraq. We are in desperate need of your personal assistance right now.



We have over Ten Million bucks (US$10,000,000) that we want to move out of the country of Iraq. This is oil money that most Iraqi top personnel hid few years ago before our arrival to Iraq.

This money was found in boxes some time ago during our routine raid around the military base here in Iraq. We managed to hide some boxes at that period.



Because most people do not believe this kind of story, I searched out BBC’s news coverage of this event.

You can click on the news link below to view the news if you want some proof of this story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm



I and my partners need a reliable person out there, someone we can trust to receive these 10 million bucks on our behalf because we are under very close surveillance. Please we need to know that we can trust you.



Now, this is the deal; once the funds get to you, simply take out 30% as your share and keep the remaining 70% in a safe place, so that on my arrival, I can fly down to your home to pick it up.



If you are interested and believe in this arrangement I will furnish you with more detailed information upon receipt of your response and personal contact details for better identification and communication.



I assure you the whole process will be simple and more importantly, we must keep a low profile at all times because we are being watched all the time. We have got a UN doctor here who will help us move the boxes out of Iraq any time from now because he will be attending a UN monthly meeting in London.



We have just learnt that our President Barrack Obama is making plans on pulling us out of Iraq, right now we are out of the major cities of Iraq and there is no means we can move with this cash alone with us

We have kept this money for so long. We have no other option than to move this cash out immediately, before it is too late for us.





I look forward to your swift reply and maximum co-operation.

Thanks.

Waiting..... For your feedback as soon as possible

Col. Brian Kent

Private and secure e-mail: col.brainkent0010@hotmail.com

US Military Ba'qubah,

Iraq.



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