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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: "George Kim" <kimbg1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:37:04 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Good day!




Hello Dear,

With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to
contact you. I am presently in Iraq serving with the US Marine platoon; I
found your contact particulars in an Address journal. I am seeking your
assistance to evacuate the sum of $8.9 million 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 not stolen money and there are no dangers involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY:

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

Some money in various currencies was discovered concealed in barrels with
piles of weapons and ammunitions at a location near one of Saddam's old
palaces 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 Spanish 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, I also asked
him to deposit the trunks for me in any finance home.

The Spanish does not know the real contents of the package, and believes
that it belongs to an Asian American who died in an air raid, and before
giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his business associate.
That is a secured way of getting the package out to a safer country for
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 probably during winter
break I would be home, 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. I await your urgent response as soon as
possible so that we can commence immediately.

Send your reply: kimbge6@gmail.com

Respectfully,
Major George Kim


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