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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: Douglass P.Willss <douglasswillss9018@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 23:19:10 +0000
Subject: FROM DOUGLAS PATTISSON WILLSS.

FROM DOUGLAS PATTISSON WILLSS.
Hello Friend,
Top of the day and greetings to you, My name is Douglas Pattisson Willss,I am from Kentucky in United State of America.I am hoping to work together on a better and higher platform with you, considering my relocation to your country, I sincerely want to trust you. I am a war veteran with the NATO troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. I served in the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad Iraq and now serving in Afghanistan.
I want to let you know that i wish to have a property for my private purposes in your country, as i will be quitting from the military services because, of some security reasons and this is why i contacted you so that we can put head together towards my plans to start a new life with my 2 kids in your country and, quit from this shooting and killing. As a result of this,it will be important for me to reveal to you that I have in my possession the sum of $7.4 million US Dollars. which i got from crude oil deal in Iraq. I have been deployed to Afghanistan but I have this boxes in Iraq and as soon as I hear from you of your reassurance to assist me, then I will communicate for the delivery with the help of a red cross cargo jet.
I have this money stored somewhere very safe in our camp in Fallujah Iraq waiting for a moment to put the money in good use and now that I have been moved to Afghanistan I want the boxes moved without delay. I have a very profitable investment plans on hand.I have no body to entrust this Fund with as a relation, so I need someone I could trust. If you accept, I will move this money to your destination where you will be the beneficiary because I am currently settling some scores with the pentagon so I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary. I am an American and an intelligence officer, so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through an International Hand Delivery Agent(IHDA) courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is done.
Please if you are interested in this deal I will give to you the complete details you may need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.I am doing this on trust,so i would want you to put aside any act of greed or the thought of cheat as we have a lot to gain in this business relationship. $7.4 million is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone. I am in Afghanistan right now and need to secure this money and send it to you if we reach a proper agreement. I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 2-3 days the fund should have been delivered to you and I will come over immediately for my money and giving you what ever we have agreed on this deal. I will give to you 20% of the total sum and 80% will be mine.I hope I am been fair on this deal.
Regards,Douglas P.Willss.

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