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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: "Maj. Tracy Tucker" <cg@rantas.com.tr>
Reply-To: <maj.tracyt2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:01:55 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Ms. Tucker



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Greetings from Ms. Tucker

I am contacting you through email not only because of its reliability
for rapid exchange (quick delivery and reply) of messages but also
because it has been proven to be very secure more than postal and fax
messages.Moreover I chose using the email for reason of assured privacy
and its suitability for recall of content.So coming via the internet
medium,I hope that the content of this mail is not misconstrued to be
from one among those of the invasion of the internet world by dishonest
people who are nothing but scammers.But this is a different case which
can be proven in due course. However I will remain wary and cautious
while sending this message to you until I an convinced you quite
understand its importance and get this treated with urgent attention and
confidentiality it deserves. I am holding back specifics for security
reasons until you revert with a confirmation of a visit to or a view of
the news websites below which are meant to give historical background
and insight about the subject matter.

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/184530.html (PRESSTV)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm (BBC)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/25/60II/main690763.shtml (CBS
NEWS)
http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-20-1-1.cfm
(VOA NEWS)

Although the funds in question have been of public knowledge long
before now but what remains secret to public is the identity of those
officers that were involved in counting and protection of the recovered
funds by US army.It will interest you to know that I am one of the US
army officers who were entrusted with the responsibility of counting and
moving the seized funds reported in the news stories. I was one of the
five officers questioned by military authorities as also reported in the
above news story. All I can say for now is that I was a Major in the
U.S. Army until the recent dis-engagement from Iraq as a result of the
end of the war. The American/Iraq war has officially ended but I will
only give further details about our intended partnership when you assure
me never to go public with message content.I will like to share more
information about my personal involvement that led to my keeping aside a
big stash of cash.The cash is waiting to be moved out of Iraq to a
trusted fellow for safe-keeping.If you are such a fellow who can keep a
secret and be sincere I want to ship 3 boxes containing huge sum of cash
(over $10m) to you. I will rather duel more on the issue of trust,
honesty,reliability and your capability to handle it at your end without
compromising on confidentiality it deserve instead of mentioning the
real amount to be shipped. Simply put,I have no fraudulent intentions
towards you and that the essence of this message is strictly for our
mutual benefit and nothing more.I do assure you that we both stand to
gain enormously from an uncommon transaction of this nature. I will be
vivid and explicit with details in my next message to allow you get more
facts but before I do so I will appreciate your giving me the needed
info by doing the followings :

1. Confirm if any / all 4 international news links above have been
visited/viewed successfully.
2. Confirm your understanding of my intention to send the funds to you.
3. Promise to let our partnership remain a secret between us.
4. Provide me with your complete names,complete physical address,phone
number(s),your age and profession/occupation.

Please note that time is very of essence since there is a limit to how
long to wait.All requested 1-4 above needs to be complied with to help
me take immediate and final decisions which will also assist in dispatch
of the boxes to you. While waiting to get your response I plead once
again that you share this proposal on mutual collaboration with no one.
Please send your response to my PRIVATE email address as follows :
majtracytucker@outlook.com

Sincerely
Maj. Tracy Tucker


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