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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: "Barry Jackson" <barryjohnson@sify.com>
Reply-To: <barryjohnson90@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:23:10 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Pal

I do hope my email meets you well, I am LTC. Barry Jackson a U.S. Army in
Iraq. I am writing you this email to ask for your agreement to receive the
sum of $ 14 Million on our behalf. The question is can we trust you? My
partner and I are in need of a good partner, someone we can trust to
actualize this venture. The money is from oil proceeds and legal. We are
transferring it via the safe passage way of a diplomatic courier without any
risk or any string attached. If you are agreeable get yourself a deal.

Once you receive the funds, you are to keep low social profile and take an
awesome reward of 30% and then custody our share for further evaluation on
whether you are good enough in our assessment to invest our share. After
reviewing your business proposal and the area you intend to invest our share
of these funds. We seek your confidentiality in this matter and await your
response to this mail: barryjackson71@aol.com to enable us furnish you with more
comprehensive details and what is required of you.





We are sorry we could not call you on your telephone for security reason, if
you have a web cam, then we can chat.

I await your urgent response.
God bless you.


Yours sincerely,
LTC. Barry Jackson.

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