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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: "Capt.Brown West" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <capt.jameswlter@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 05:58:56 +0100
Subject: MY PROPOSAL

 
                                            
Hello,
 
 
I am  a captain with the United Nations troop in Iraq,on war against terrorism.Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from iraq come this year,i have been deployed to come and work in your country's military base soonest.
 
 
Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states,mostly the United states and the European Union on the war against terrorism.
 
 
On the other hand i want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of 10.6million USD. which was recovered from one of our raids on terrorists here in Iraq  because they keep most of their money at home for evil activities which they normally get through illegal deals on crude oil.
 
 
Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck.It happened that i went for this raid with the men in my unit and i decided to take it as my share for mystress here in this evil land filled with suicide bombers.
 
 
 
I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money.It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.
 
 
Where i have a problem is how to invest this money in Europe on stocks and real estate.I cannot move this money to the United states because i will be in Europe for about 3years and will want to invest it there with my wife who will be relocating with me,so i need someone i could trust..
 
 
If you accept,i will transfer the money to Europe where you will be the beneficiary because i am a uniformed person and i cannot be parading such an amount so i need to present someone as the beneficiary.I am an American and an intelligence officer for that so i have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all is done.
 
 
Please if you are interested in this transaction i will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why i went to a secured car site where i can be sure that the person is real.
 
 
I believe i can trust you. where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our discussions,then i can explain in details to you.I will only reach you through email,because our calls might be monitored,I just have to be sure whom i am dealing with.
 
 
If you are interested please send me your personal datas including your mobile number so i can call you and write you as well for further inquiries when i am out of our military network.I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message,if no response after 3days i will then search for
someone else.
 
 
I am doing this on trust,you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert i will always play safe in case you are the bad type.
 
 
 
Thanks for your understanding and pls note all reply must be directed to this email address capt.brownwest01@gmail.com  for further details.
 
 
 
Capt.BROWN WEST
EMAIL:capt.jameswlter@hotmail.com
 
 
 
 

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