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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: "Sgt. Dominic Scot" <manoj@avaniparidhi.com>
Reply-To: sgtdominicscot@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:41:02 -0800
Subject: Semper Fi





I am Sgt. Dominic Scot, a US Marine Sgt. serving in the 3rd Battalion,
25th

Marine Regiment that Patrols the Kabul province, . I am desperately in
need

of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am
presently

in Afghanistan and I found your contact particulars in an address
journal.I

am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of Four Million US Dollars

(Four Million USD) to the States or any safe country,as far as I can be

assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service
here.


This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.


SOURCE OF MONEY:

Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels

with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of Taliban
caves

during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present that the

money be shared amongst us.


This might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what?


No compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in

this hellhole.The above figure was given to me as my share and to conceal

this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British

contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some immunity)I was
able

to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He

does not know the real contents of the package as he believes that it

belongs to an American who died in an air raid, who before giving up
trusted

me to hand over the package to his close relative. I have now found a

secured way of getting the package out of Afghanistan for you to pick up.
I

do not know for how long I will remain here, as I have been lucky to
survive

2 suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention.


This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach
out

for help. If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me
and

we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that you are
discreet

about this mutually benefiting relationship.


Respectfully,

Sgt. Dominic Scot,

United States Marine Corps.Afghanistan

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