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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: "LTC. Jeffery Jefferson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jefferyjefferson118@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:13:46 +0100
Subject: I am LTC. Jeffery Jefferson a U.S. Army assigned to the Embassy here in Iraq.

Dear Pal,

I do hope my email meets you well, I am LTC. Jeffery Jefferson a U.S. Army assigned to the Embassy here in Iraq. I am writing you this email to ask for your agreement to receive the sum of $ 25 Million on our behalf. The question is can I trust you? My partner and I are in need a good partner someone we can trust to actualize this venture and found your contact.

The money is from oil proceeds and legal. But we are transferring it via the safe passage way of a diplomatic courier without any risk or string attached. If you are agreeable, get yourself a deal and reply to my private email: jefferyjefferson118@gmail.com Once you receive the funds, you are to keep a 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 when we review your business proposal. We seek your confidentiality in this business transaction and await your response as we wish to furnish you with more comprehensive details and what is required of you. We are sorry we cannot call you on the telephone for security reason; however, if you have a web cam I intend to have a face-to-face meeting with you and discuss.
I await your urgent reply. jefferyjefferson118@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,
LTC. Jeffery Jefferson.

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