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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: Dominic Owen <dominicowen9@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:35:30 +0100
Subject: Re: From Security Company

Hello Mr or Mrs, miss, I am contacting you regarding $15.2 million us
dollars that was deposited under this institution by

Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis who died in the Afghanistan war. The
consignment box containing the said amount of money

was brought here into our custody in 2001 for safe keeping. Master Sgt.
Jefferson Donald Davis, while serving in the

Afghanistan War, died in action. Please find details here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40215,00.html According to his

diplomat, who later died 5 years ago after the fund depository, said the
money was discovered by a set of soldiers including

Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis whiles they were on security patrol in
one of the remote villages in Afghanistan. The

stash of money was believed to belong to one of the terrorist groups
especially Al-Qaeda for that matter the soldiers then

decided to share the money in accordance to their rank in the military in
respect to security. The soldier died leaving no

beneficiary or next of kin to the account. As the Director of Operations, I
am willing to make you the beneficiary of the

fund. The fund will then be transferred to your designated bank account in
just a couple of business working days. My share

of the total fund shall be 50% and 40% for you.

We shall consider 10% for the cost of transaction. In this regard, I am
ready to furnish you with all the significant steps

and documents upon your reply. I will wait to hear from you at your
earliest convenience.

Thank you.
Re: From Security Company
Mr.Dominic Owen
You can contact me now for my private email address{dominicowen9@gmail.com}

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