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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: Doris Ivy May <divymay104@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dorisivymay@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 10:18:12 +0100
Subject: Good day dear

Good day,

My name is Sgt.Doris Ivy May, I am an American soldier, I am serving
in the military of the 1st Armoured Division in Iraq, as you know we
are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to
move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's family in 2003. The total
amount is US$12 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills, this
money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for sometime but with
the speculated troop withdrawal by president Obama, we are afraid that
the money will be discovered hence we want to move this money to you
for safe keeping pending the completion of our assignment here.

We are ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No
strings attached, just for you to help us move it out of Iraq . Iraq
is a war zone, so we plan on using diplomatic means in shipping the
money out as military cargo using diplomatic immunity. If you are
interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good
partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you?
When you receive this mail, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest including your most confidential telephone numbers for quick
communication also your contact details.

This is 100% risk free.

With regards.

Sgt.Doris Ivy May

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