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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: Stanley Brown <mrsnancy.david@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <brownstanley@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:58:24 -0800
Subject: How Is Every Thing Today.



I am a American Army my name is Captain Stanley Brown. 090209-M-3450C-014II Marine Expeditionary of Multinational Division Center base inBaghdad,Afghanistan, of the NATO Marine Force on Monitoring and Peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan,On febuary 7,2012! we were alerted on thesudden presence of some Terrorists camping in Marzar Sharif . a suburb nottoo far from Kabul here in Afghanistan. After Immediate intervention, wecaptured three (3) of the Terrorists,(7) injured.In the process of torturethey confessed being re! bels for Abu Baqir a Taliban sub-commander andal-Qaida group leader, and they took us to a cave in Marzar Sharif. whichserved as their camp.Here we recovered several guns and other Ammunitionsincluding some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, and theother contains some millions of US Dollars and i have in my possession thesum of 14.7 million U.S. dollars as my share.
I am in keen need of a Reliable and Trust worthy person like you who wouldreceive the MONEY,secure and protect the box which contains the US Dollarsfor me because in 3 weeks time some U.S.Army will replace our UNIT inAfghanistan and i will soon come back and finish the deal and reloc! ate myfamily to your country. I assure and promise to give! you 30% of this fundand you keep 70%for me, however feel free to negotiate what you wish tohave as your percentage in this business.
It is never a stolen money or illegal money but because were ! on duty tobring peace in Afghanistan many soldiers lost th! eir life and no amount ofcompensation that may bring back the life of dead soldier then considerhow the family will feel,that is the reasons my unit decided to share themoney among us but return all the guns and ammunition's to our Camp,it isofficial and that's the reason i need your assistance to ship the box toany save location of your choice.
Please, i trust you to maintain absolute secrecy and confidentiality toprotect my job,myself and the money. In less than 5 days the box should bein your possession and i will give you further instructions.But you mustknow that i have taken precautionary measures to secure the money.The boxis coded with high secu! rity gadget so am the only one that has the rightcombination to unlock it.Please send the following information me so i canproceed.
Your full name ............................Your full address ..........................Your direct phone number ................Your Age .......................
Regards,Captain Stanley Brown

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