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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: "Cpt. Kimberly Nash" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: 2076743924@qq.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:42:25 -0500
Subject: Project..

Good Day, I hope my email meets you well. I am in need of your assistanc.
Before I continue, let me introduce myself to you My name is Cpt. Kimberly Nash , a member of the U.S. ARMY USARPAC medical team, which was deployed to Afghanistan at the beginning of the crisis, on war against terrorism. I was working with General Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of U.S and NATO forces in Afghanistan before he was replaced last June by another General David Petraeus. I am serving currently in a Taliban territory; a remote Village in Bamyan province to the bustling capital Kabul (CBC's Doc Zone).Because of series of killing of United States troops in Afghanistan especially the shot down of US helicopter that killed 30 American soldiers on the 5th of August 2014 and the five American soldiers who were killed by a bomb in Afghanistan on Thursday. After this series of killing

During our search and rescue duties in Afghanistan, my team came across hidden treasure that contains a huge amount of money.Well the amount of money is so much that we could not keep for our self, we reported it to the commander, and the details of that is not important here, however, because of the large quantity of the fund, my team and I decided to take some cash out for ourselfs . Due to the nature of my job and the tight government regulations towards owning a large sum of money, I cannot take this fund to America. Because as a soldier I am not suppose to have such amount of cash in my possession, the amount of cash we are talking about here is $47,500.000.00 (Fourty seven Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars). Now you have to help me to receive this cash, and keep it until I arrive in your country and immediately we can use the money for investment i will also offer you 35% percent of the total money for your needs in future and save the rest for me,I wil moving it through diplomatic means, to send it to your house directly or a offshore bank deposited in your name, The most important thing is that can i trust you? Once the funds get to you? If you are interested I will furnish you with more details. But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.I look forward to your reply and co-operation, and I thank you in advance.

Sincerely Yours
Cpt. Kimberly Nash

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