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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: jack morgan <capt.jaymorgan@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:12:47 +0200
Subject: Highly Classified Information.

Hello Dear,

I have a confidential proposal / offer to you and this is very
important and will benefit both. Before continuing, let me introduce
myself, I am the Captain Jack Morgan of the United Nations troops in
Afghanistan in the war against terrorism. Based on the decision of the
United States legislative and executive for the withdrawal of troops from
Afghanistan arrive this year, I will be with no alternative but to retire
from my service as soon as possible military. Our mission is to help
strengthen terrorists, most targeted states of the United States and the
European Union in the war against terrorism.

Moreover, I think it will maintain the trust and confidence of what
I will reveal to you. I have in my possession the sum of $45.750 million
who recovered from one of our raids on terrorists here in Afghanistan
because they keep most of their money at home for evil activities which
normally receive through illegal agreements on crude oil. Based on the
suffering we experience here some of us meet that fate. It happened that I
went for this raid with the men in my unit in one of the most important
terrorist camps here in Kandahar, and decided to take it as my share for my
stress here in this evil land filled with suicide bombers.

I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing them that we
are approaching to the real owner of the money. It is in my power to
approve whoever comes out of this money. I want to use this money to
charity in Istanbul, where we have about 3 million Afghan refugees and
Sudan where we have at present the largest number of refugees displaced by
war. You need to visit these places. I want to invest money in stocks of
Norway to the database of refugees, because in my experience in the field
of battle in these places without a lot of fish and meat to add to their
meager meals and unpleasant to get in small quantities just to keep them
alive until God knows when the problem ends. Instead of allowing this
terrorists to get money and spend it on the illegal purchase of weapons
from Russia and North Korea is better channeled to saving the world and
make ourselves and our family comfort and guaranteed. So I need someone who
could deal in confidence and that is why I contacted you. If you accept, I
will present you as the beneficiary of the funds and transfer the money to
you, because as a uniformed person can not be parading this amount so you
need to present someone as the beneficiary. I am an American and an
intelligence officer and I have half 100% authentic to transfer the money
through diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is
done. I have the logistics for it that have nothing to worry about.

Please, if you are interested in this transaction then give you the
full details you need for us to conduct this operation successfully as all
you need is to follow my instructions and guidelines. I decided to find
someone who is real and who I can trust so I have to go somewhere safe
product like this to contact you in confidence believing that we can work
together. I think i can trust you. Where we are now, we can only
communicate through our military communication facilities which are fixed,
so I think it best to mail, then I can explain in details to you. I have
only to be sure who I'm dealing with. If you are interested, then let me
know so we can proceed with time is very important to me. I'm doing this on
trust,you must understand that as a trained military expert I will always
play safe in case you're the bad guy, but please do not.

This money is my life and am willing to give 30% of the total, when
the money arrives in his custody. I await your response so we can proceed
immediately. Within 10 days the money should be in your custody, and then I
will come to know when we are out of the military base.

Regards,
Captain Jack Morgan

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