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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: "CAPTAIN DEREK CRAIG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dcraig201302@live.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 21:23:18 +0700
Subject: Please read very carefully and get back to me..............

Hello Friend,


I am a captain with the United State troop in Syria, Our mission is to help beef up security in terrorist targeted states, mostly the United states and the European Union on the war against terrorism,we have been here for some months now and if you see the level of corruptions and the way this people lavish money on weapons and ammunition , On the other hand i want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $16.2million USD($16,200,000) cash, which was recovered from one of our raids on terrorists camp here in Syria because they keep most of their money at home for evil activities which they normally get through illegal deals on crude oil,Ammunition etc,based on the suffering we undergo here, some of us do meet such luck,It happened that i went for this raid with the men in my unit and i decided to take that as my share for my stress here in this land filled with suicide bombers, I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money

I wish to use this money for charity purposes in Turkey, where we have about 3 million refugees and Sudan where we have currently the highest numbers of refugees displaced as a result of war,You need to visit such places I want to invest the money on stock fish from Norway to this refugees because base on my experience on battle ground in this places,they lack a lot of fish and meat to add to their meager and unpalatable meals which they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows when the problem ends, Instead of allowing this terrorists to get the money and spend it on purchasing arms illegally from Asians and North Korea it's better channeled to saving the world and also invest the remaining in Real Estate in your country
I cannot move this money to the United states because i will be in service for about 3years when redeployed for my last services before retirement, so i need someone i could deal with, If you accept i will transfer the money to your country, where you will be 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 at that so i have a 100% authentic means 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 deal successfully, I decided to find someone that is real not imaginary. I believe that a good relationship can be built irrespective of race nor tribe. Where I am now, we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails, I'm 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,$16.2million USD($16,200,000) is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone, In less than 7days the money should have been noted in your possession and i will come over for my investment later, I will give to you 20% of the total sum and 80% is for my dream. I hope I'm been fair on this deal,

Regards,
CAPTAIN DEREK CRAIG

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