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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: "Mr.james Harper" <mr.james_h@americasarmy.com>
Reply-To: <mr.jamesharper408@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:10:05 +0100
Subject: Info



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Dear Friend,

I only pray at this time that your email is still valid. I want to
solicit
your attention to receive money on my behalf.

I am SPC James Harper, an officer in the US Army, and also a West Point
Graduate presently serving in the Military with the 82nd Air
Borne Division Peace keeping force in Damascus, Syria.

I am on the move to Europe from Syria,Based on the United States
legislative and executive decision to withdraw some of the troops from
Syria,and,I have
been deployed to work in Europe soon.our mission is to beef up
terrorist
targeted states, mostly the United States and your Country on war
against terrorism.

This circumstance have orchestrated this proposal and I will explain in
details upon your acceptance.
I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of Fifteen
Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars,($15.2 million USD)
which i got from a deal here. I deposited this money with a Red Cross
officer informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of
the
fund. It is under
my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.

I wish to use this money for charity purposes and also investing it to
build a 5 stars Hotel in your place which will place under your care
because I cannot
move this money to the United States because I will be in Europe for
about
3 years, so I need someone I could trust to channel the fund to as 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.
As an American and a Specialist officer I have a 100% authentic means
of
moving the funds through diplomatic means. All I just need is your
acceptance for this to be done.
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 your country business directory where I can be sure that the
person
is real and i
believe I can trust you.

For now we can only communicate through our military communication a
facility which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails, I can
explain
in details to you because calls might be monitored and I just have to
be
sure of whom I am dealing with. I can only call you when I am out of
our
military network.
If you are interested please inform me and I will give you more details
if
you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete
this
message, if no response after 3 days 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.
I await for your acceptance so that we can go on. in less than 14
working
days the money should be in your custody and i will come over for my
money
and the to do the notary.
I have mapped out 30% of the sum for you while 70% is for me
I hope I am been fair on this deal?
Sincerely,
Spc. Mr.James Harper.

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