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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: "John Nielsen" <info@usmil.org>
Reply-To: jn12300texxass@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:35:13 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: PERSONAL

Dear Friend,




With a very desperate need for assistance,I have summed up courage to
contact you.I am presently in Afghanistan with the USA marine platoon;I
found your contact particulars in an Address journal.I am seeking your
assistance to evacuate the sum of $900,000.00(Nine hundred thousand
dollars)to you,as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your
care until I complete my service here.This is no stolen money,and there
are no dangers involved.




SOURCE OF MONEY:



Some money in various currencies was discovered concealed in barrels with
piles of weapons and ammunitions at a location during a rescue
operation,and it was agreed by all party present that the money be shared
amongst us,this was quite an illegal thing to do,but I tell you what? No
compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in
this hell hole.The above figure was given to me as my share,and to conceal
this kind of money became a problem for me,so with the help of a German
contact working here,and his office enjoys 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
an American who died in an air raid,and before giving up,trusted me to
hand over the package to his family.



There is a secured way of getting the package out to a safer country for
you to pick up,and i will discuss this with you when I am sure that you
are willing to assist me.One passionate appeal I will make to you is not
to discuss this matter with a third party,should you have reasons to
reject this offer.please destroy this mail as any leakage of this
information will be too bad for us.I do not know for how long we will
remain here but hopefully before the year runs out,I have survived 2
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.



Respectfully,
Capt John Nielsen


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