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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: "Burton" <nextage03@iris.eonet.ne.jp>
Reply-To: majorburton109@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:19:52 -0000
Subject: CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE MESSAGE..

Dear Friend,
 
It is my pleasure to contact you.  My name is Major. J. Burton.  Once I was a leader of the US militar Combat Team based in Afghanistan. Fortunately me and my colleague found a huge amount of money left in a truck box. The money worth $6,000,000.00(Million United States Dollars) which was generated from (opium business ) by the Taliban,  as the team leaderi and my colleagues were able to transfer the funds to London under a legalarrangement.
 
Unfortunately, three of my colleagues involved in this operation were killed in Afghanistan and i was the only one person left. Currently,the funds are safe in a security and finance company here in London. I left the war because ofmy heart problems and inability to hear properly. This is because my ears were hit by anti - aircraft missiles. My doctor told me I could not live long, and this is giving me much concern. For these reasons, I  don`t want the money in the security company inherited by unknown person .
 
My purpose of contacting you is to help me invest the funds ($ $ 6,000,000.00) in your country to create jobs for the unemployed. Then my soul will be satisfied the funds are invested for the glory of God. Meanwhile I will you 30% of the funds for their services. I'm in the hospital here in London with my laptop and would like you to indicate their willingness to handle this project. Remember to keep this proposal highly confidential for security reasons. Please  get back to me through  my private email address at (majorburton1010@gmail.com)I wait to hear from you.
 
Best Regards
Major. J. Burton

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