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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: Nancy Sandoval <nsandoval@Pueblochc.org>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:55:13 +0000
Subject: CAN YOUR HELP ME PLEASE FOR GOOD

Good Day !!
I am Cpt. Arthur Hobbs, an officer in the U.S Army. I served in Iraq for a good number of years before I was deployed to Afghanistan. During my service in Iraq, I was able to secure $15.5Million as my share. This is part of the cash we discovered in Baghdad which was undeclared at that time. You can find the history on the BBC and CNN Link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/afghanistan-us-troops/index.html
I had to arrange the cash in a military box and moved to a secure location in the Caribbean. I have also made arrangement on how to move this box to you if you can confide in me. I want to hand over this funds to a trustWorthy Person that can help me keep it safe until I return back from service so that both of us can establish joint investment or business.can you be trusted? kindly send me your name,address and cell phone# for easy communication. Pls reply me through my private email :
capt.authurhob19@gmail.com
Please kindly keep this transaction Confidential because I am still serving in the Military camp here in Afghanistan.
Cpt. Arthur Hobbs
US Rescue Team,Afghanistan

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