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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: "Capt Jerome C. Lewis" <gmena@dim.uchile.cl>
Reply-To: jeromeclewis46@militarycontractors.org
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:19:56 -0300
Subject: SEEKING FOR JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP



Hello .

I am a captain commanding 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment with the United
States and Britain Coalition Force in Afghanistan. Due the decision by our
Government to withdraw our troops from Iraq last year, I have decided to quit
the Marines and relocate , on this basis I am actively looking for investment
opportunities with you.

I am looking at a possibility of doing business with you that is why I
contacted
you. On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my
possession the sum
of $10.2million (US Dollars) which was recovered from one of our raids on
terrorists here in Afghanistan in the heat of battle, possibly funds left by
Terrorist cells around the region. I do not intend handing this money over to
the Government so I have deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing
him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money. It is under my
power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.

I wish to use this money in an international trade company and I choose this
department because i know it is a lucrative venture, that was the more
reason I
decided to resign and come over once I move this money out of here through
diplomatic courier service which is the safest means. I really don't
want to die
fighting terrorists all my life.

I can not wire this money to the States as troops are limited to using Army
sanctioned remittance services and that will draw serious attention. I need
someone I could deal with. If you accept, I will transfer the money to you,
making you the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and i cannot be
parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the
beneficiary. I am an
American and an intelligence officer as such I do have ways of
transferring the
money through diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance
and all is
done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you
the complete
details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I
decided to
find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why i went to
a secured
site where I can be sure that the person is real. I believe I can trust you.
Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication
facilities which are secured so nobody can monitor our discussions, then I can
explain in details to you. I will only reach you through emails, because our
calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

Also I want you to know that am revealing this deal to you with belief
that you
will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this deal, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you on the next step to take urgently. If you are interested
please reply
me immediately so I can contact you for further inquiries. 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 3days I will then search for
someone else. I am doing this on trust, you should understand and you should
know that as a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are
the bad type, but I pray you are not. $10.2million is a lot of money which is
the dream of anyone.

I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 7days the money
should have been noted on your care and I will come over for my money. I will
give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me and we would both invest on your
business as I think its profitable. I hope I am being fair on this deal.pls
reply to my email address at once:

Regards,
Capt Jerome C. Lewis




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