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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: "Samuel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fundreleasedate2013@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 17:03:52 +0100
Subject: From Mr. Samuel O. Osaji

Good Day,

I am a Captain with the United Nations troop in Iraq , on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive decision, for withdrawing troops from Iraq . Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on war against terrorism.

On the other hand i want to inform you that i have in my possession the sum of (10,million U.S.D) which was recovered on one of our raids in a terrorist Camp in Baghdad but we did not submit all the money to the military authority, because we seeing it as life time opportunity, And I have my share kept safely in a box and I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing them that we are making contact for the real owner of the box . It is under my power to approve whoever that comes forth for this box. You can View this link to confirm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm.

I want to invest this money in your country, in real estate or any other profitable business as soon as i retire from my job, and i will seek for your advice on that, since i am not a business culture person, i will be out of my country for about 3 years, that is why i have contacted you for assistance to get this project completed in good faith, so i need someone i could trust to channel this box money.

If you accept i will move the box money to you, where you will be the beneficiary, i am a uniformed person and i canít be parading with such an amount, i am an American and an intelligence officer, so i have a 100% authentic means of moving the box money to you, through a diplomatic courier service. i just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction let me know so that I can give you all the complete details we need for us to carry out this deal successfully, i decided to find someone that is real and not an imaginary that is why i went for a secured site where i can be sure that the person is for real and not an imaginary, can i trust you?. Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is much secured so nobody can monitor our conversations, then i can explain in details to you, at the moment i can only reach you through e-mail, because our calls might be monitored by high officials here, i just have to be sure of whom i am dealing with.

I will give you 30% of the sum and 70% for me. i hope am been fair on this deal, kindly get back to me with your full information such as:
A) Your Full Name,
Your Full Address,
C) Your Direct Cell Phone Number,
D) Your Occupation & Age.

If you are interested please send me your personal details for further information, now i am writing from a fresh email account, so if you are not interested do not reply to this e-mail and please delete this message, if no response after some time i will then search for someone else. I wait for your contact details for us to go on.

Yours Sincerely,

Samuel O. Osaji

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