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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: "Andrew Leung" <inf.o@admin.org>
Reply-To: captainandr@webmail.md
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:29:21 +0300
Subject: HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY*




Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and
writing through this channel. I got your contact from the professional
data base found in the internet Yahoo tourist search. When i was searching
for a foreign reliable partner. I assured of your capability and
reliability to champion this business opportunity.

I am a Canadian Army my name is Captain Andrew Leung. 090209-M-3450C-014
II Marine Expeditionary of Multinational Division Center base in
Kabul,Afghanistan, of the NATO Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace
keeping mission in Afghanistan,On May 23,2010 we were alerted on the
sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in Marzar Sharif . a suburb not
too far from Kabul here in Afghanistan. After Immediate intervention, we
captured three (3) of the Terrorists,(7) injured.In the process of torture
they confessed being rebels for Abu Baqir a Taliban sub-commander and
al-Qaida group leader, and they took us to a cave in Marzar Sharif. which
served as their camp.Here we recovered several guns and other Ammunitions
including some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, and the
other contains some millions of US Dollars and i have in my possession the
sum of 9.7 million U.S. dollars as my share.

I am in keen need of a Reliable and Trust worthy person like you who would
receive the MONEY,secure and protect the box which contains the US Dollars
for me because in 3 weeks time some U.S.Army will replace our UNIT in
Afghanistan and i will soon come back and finish the deal and relocate my
family to your country. I assure and promise to give you 30% of this fund
and you keep 70%for me, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to
have as your percentage in this business.



It is never a stolen money or illegal money but because were on duty to
bring peace in Afghanistan many soldiers lost their life and no amount of
compensation that may bring back the life of dead soldier then consider
how the family will feel,that is the reasons my unit decided to share the
money among us but return all the guns and ammunition's to our Camp,it is
official and that's the reason i need your assistance to ship the box to
any save location of your choice.

Please, i trust you to maintain absolute secrecy and confidentiality to
protect my job,myself and the money. In less than 5 days the box should be
in your possession and i will give you further instructions.But you must
know that i have taken precautionary measures to secure the money.The box
is coded with high security gadget so am the only one that has the right
combination to unlock it.Please send the following information me so i can
proceed.

Your full name ............................
Your full address ..........................
Your direct phone number ................
Your Age .......................

Regards,
Captain Andrew Leung


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