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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: "Col S.D Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scsmith500@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:59:32 +0200
Subject: Hello From Iraq Feedback

Hello My Dear Friend,

I am Colonel Scott Dennison Smith Jr. American Combat Soldier group of 50,000 combatant, left behind in Iraq for advisory and assistance to Iraq Forces after the Handing over to Iraq Peace Keeping Force. In 2003, I and my unit found over $600 million in Saddam Hussein's hideout in Baghdad. We sent some of this stolen money back to the Iraq Government after counting it in a classified location, but we also kept some behind for ourselves. Some of the money we shared among ourselves is worth over $100million of which I kept my own share of the said fund in a military consignment trunt box for a while now in a secured place.

I want to hand over this funds to a Trust Worth Person that we help me keep it till I am back from the Camp in Baghdad Iraq in Dec 2011, since President Barrack Obama has ordered all US Troops to return back home by 30th of December 2011. could you be trusted? kindly send me your name and mobile number for easy communication. My own share of the funds is $3.5million USD kept in the consignment box. View the below link to verify my statement.

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

If you can handle this deal let me know immediately, you will receive 30% of the money, all you need to do is to find a safe place where you can keep the box till I leave Iraq. Please kindly keep this transaction Confidential because I am still serving in the Military camp in Baghdad Iraq so get back to me immediately at my private email with the details required from you. ( scsmith50@aol.com )

Regards,

Col. Scott D. Smith Jr
US Military Baghdad, Iraq

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