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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: Capt Jon Leterrier <dawirewilliebaum2011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tabjamestmand@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:37:54 -0800
Subject: Good Friend

Dear Friend,

I am very sorry to invade your privacy, but i do not have any other
option than to seek for a competent person that can help out this is
between I and you.

I am Capt Jon Leterrier, and I am a member of NATO-ISAF Task Force and
Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern Afghanistan. I have a
very confidential proposal for you.

Based on the USA legislative and executive decision of pulling out
Suicide bombers troops out of here as scheduled by the United Nations
and the European Union, I have decided to contact you for this
business opportunity and relationship which i think God has used to
compensate me for my suffering over the years in this war zone. I want
to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of USD 18.5 million
which I got from one of our raids in on one of the terrorist attack
bombers abode here in (KABUL). WE DEID NOT PART WITH THE WHOLE AMOUNT
OF MONEY TO THE NECASSARY AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. So I
deposited this money with a Red Cross Agent informing him that I am
making contact for the real owner of the money and it is under my
power to approve whoever comes forth for the money.

I want to invest the money in a good business as soon as my service
here ends. Anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business
person. I am solely interested in making a life for my two daughters
and therefore I shall require the service of a person who is
trustworthy and sincere and I am going to make you the beneficiary of
the money and allowing you to invest for my Kids in case anything
happens to me here. 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
emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you
through email because our calls might be monitored. I just have to be
sure who I am dealing with.

I need someone I could deal with on trust, so that is why i contacted
you to work with me as the receiving partner in your country. 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 with such an amount of money. So I need to present someone as
the beneficiary.
I am writing from a fresh email account, so if you are not interested,
do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no
response from you after 3 days, I will then search for someone else.

If you are interested, then let me know so that we can proceed as time
is very important to me. In less than 5 days, the money would be in
your custody and I will come over for my money. I will give to you 30%
of the sum and 70% 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
and please contact me via my email address

I wait for your contact information details, so that we can go on. In
less than five days the box should be in your possession, hope i have
been fair to this deal. Get back to me with your full information:

Your Full Name:.....
Address:.........
Telephone:.....
A copy of your passport or any identification:.............
(captjonleterrier12@gmail.com).

Kind regards,

Capt Jon Leterrier

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