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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: "Cpt.Michael Gregory" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cpt.michaelgregory@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:39:46 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ? KINDLY GET BACK TO ME .

I am Captain Michael Gregory, NATO-ISAF Task Force and Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Afghanistan.commander of the 4th Public Affairs Detachment, 2nd Marine Regiments area of operation.Spokes man for the Troop in Southern province of Kandahar,southern Afghanistan.
 
Based on the United States legislative and executive decision that we must evacuate Iraq immediately for Afghanistan, Now we are in Afghanistan military base and I will be redeployed back to my country military base soonest,  Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on the war against terrorism.
 
Furthermore, I believe you will maintain the trust and confidence of what i am about to reveal to you.On the other hand,I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of US $9.750.000million, which I got from crude oil deal in Iraq.I deposited this money with a Red Cross Agent that will move it to the state , the red cross does not know that what i give to them to deliver for me is money it is only you and me know now that i gave them the money on a trunk box locked with code which i will give you when the box arrived in the state.
 
 
I want to invest the money in a good business as soon as I  redeploy,anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business person.I am an American and an intelligence officer,so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service.I just need your acceptance and all is done.
 
Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities that are secured so nobody can monitor our calls,otherwise i could have call to explain in details  to you. I will only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.
 
I need someone I could deal with on trust,that is why i contacted you to work with me as the receiving partner. If you accept, I will put you forward as the beneficiary of the funds and transfer the money to you  because as a uniformed person I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary, i shall prepare a document that will cover every thing so that customs will not be a disturb to the diplomat.
 
I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are interested, do  reply to this email. if no response after 3 days I will then search for someone else.
 
If you are interested, then let me know so we can proceed as time is very important to me. I wait for your contact details so we can go into action. In less than 5 days, the money should have been in your position . I will give to you 40% of the sum and 60% is for me because I know that nothing goes for nothing, I hope I am been fair to you for your assistance as my receiving partner.
 
 
Get back to me urgently, if you are interested in this business deal.
 
 
Kind regards,
Captain Michael Gregory.
 
 

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