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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: "Dean Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <deanmor1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:06:40 -0700
Subject: RESPONS / ACTION REQUIRED

Hi,
I am Dean Morgan, an army contractor attached to the army force in Afghanistan. On the 19th of February 2014, I and my late friend discovered metal boxes containing US Dollars, which is a total figure, mark $10.2 Million. We believe the boxes are owned and linked to rebels in Afghanistan.

With the help of late Specialist Rank (name withheld), $8.2 Million was successfully deposited in a safe security company out from Afghanistan for security reason. But sadly my friend died on a mission of injuries sustained when his unit was engaged by enemy small-arms fire, on Thursday, September 4, 2014.

I am now in desperate need of a reliable and trustworthy person whom will receive and secure the US Dollars for safe keeping, until my duty elapses here. I can't afford to leave the money in the security company since I don’t know much about the country Ghana and Afghanistan is getting unsafe and dangerous every day. I have no idea what could happen next as everything remains inconclusive at this point.

As soon as I receive your response and contact details with your ID, I will forward you my ID, for you to know who you are dealing with. You will be compensated with 30% of this fund, please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret so that my job would not be jeopardized. Please send me email to deanmor1@yahoo.com for easy access from my device.

My Regards,
Dean Morgan

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