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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: Capt John Little <johnlittle.usarmy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnlittle.usarmy@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:03:40 +0100
Subject: From Capt John Little

Dear Friend ,

I am Capt Little John and i am a member of NATO-ISAF Task Force and
Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern Afghanistan. I want to
move over to your country as the expiration of our service here
because of some reasons that will benefit us and i would want to buy a
property also for a family use and invest in your country in any area
you will suggest immediately we conclude this very confidential
investment business proposal i have for you.

Based on the United states legislative and executive decision of
pulling our troop out of here in few months time, i have decided to
contact you for this business opportunity and relationship. I want to
inform you that I have in my possession the sum of USD 10.5million,
which I got from crude oil deals in Iraq. I deposited this money with
a Red Cross Agent informing him that i am making contact for the real
owner of the money and it is under my power to approve whoever comes
forth for the money.

I want to invest the money in a good business like real estate and
sports as soon as my service here ends,anyway you will advice me on
that since I am not a business person.I am solely interested in making
a life for my two daughters and therefore i shall require the service
of a person who is trustworthy and sincere and i am going to make you
the beneficiary of the money and allowing you to invest for my Kids in
the event anything happens to me here.I am an America and an
intelligence officer, so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring
the money through diplomatic courier service.I just need your
acceptance and all is done.

Where we are now we can only communicate through our military
communication facilities that are secured so nobody can monitor our
emails, 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.

I need someone I could deal with on trust, so that is why i contacted
you to work with me as the receiving partner in your country. If you
accept, I will put you forward as the beneficiary of the funds and
transfer the money to you because as a uniformed person I cannot be
parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the
beneficiary.

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 3 days I will then search for someone else.If you are
interested, then let me know so we can proceed as time is very
important to me. I wait for your contact details so we can go into
action. In less than 5 days, the money should have been in your
position and I will come over for my money. I will give to you 30% of
the sum and 70% is for me because I know that nothing goes for
nothing, I hope I am been fair to you for your assistance as my
receiving partner.

Get back to me urgently, if you are interested in this business deal
get back to me

Kind regards,
Captain Little John

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