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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: Garry Chapman <garrychapmanmanager@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: garrychapman@wwjd.ru
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:47:44 +0100
Subject: Re: TRANSFER $8M USD

Good Day,

I am Sgt. Garry Chapman; an American soldier, serving in the military with the army?s 3rd infantry division. with a very
desperate need for assistance, i have summed up courage to
contact you.I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of US$8m
[eight million United State dollars] to you; as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my
service here.

Source of money;
Some money in US dollars were discovered in dog kennels at a farm
house and guest houses in an estate near one of Saddam?s old palaces in Baghdad, Iraq during an operation, and it was agreed by
Staff Sgt. Kenneth Buff, Sgt 1st Class Daniel Van Ess
and I that some part of this money be shared amongst us before
informing anybody about it.
Since both of them saw the money first, they did the informing,
while I played the outsider to protect our interest. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation
can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives
in this hell hole, in which my brother in-law was killed by a road
side bomb last time.

The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this
kind of money became a problem for me even after the initial probe of all soldiers of our command which I was cleared from; so
with the help of a Malaysia contact working here and
his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out
to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot.
He does not know the real contents of the package, and believes
that it belongs to a Malaysia/Singapore medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted
me to hand over the package to his family in United States.

I have
now found a much secured way of getting the package out of Iraq for
you to pick up, and I will discuss this with you When I am sure that you are willing to assist me, and I believe that my
money will be well secured in your hand because you have
the fear of God.
I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for
the assistance you will give to me. One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should
you have reason to reject this offer, please and please
destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too
bad for us soldier?s here in Iraq and tarnish the reputation of other service men.

I do not know how long we will remain here,
and I have been shot, wounded and survived two
suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God,this and other
reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately,
God bless you and your family.

Sgt.Garry Chapman

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