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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: "CAPT.GREG SCHNEIDER." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cpt.greg1@r7.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:17:01 -0400
Subject: DEAR FELLOW AMERICAN.

Dear fellow American,

I am Capt Greg an assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, western Anbar Province in Iraq,I am presently in Afghanistan and i
need your assistance in removing twenty five million dollars from the country. The money isn't stolen and there is
no danger to you in helping me. If you think you would like to help me in this endeavor please get back to me for
further details.

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