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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: "Sgt.Kevin D. Buckles" <sgtkevind77@yahoo.pt>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:36:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: peace keeping Force in Baghdad Iraq


Complements of the Season,

My name is Sgt.Kevin D. Buckles,  I am an American soldier with Israeli background, serving in the military with the 3rd infantry division under the United Nations peace keeping Force in Baghdad Iraq. I am with a very desperate need of your assistance. As I speak now I have the sum 27.7M (Twenty-Seven Million Seven Hundred thousand United States Dollars) in two trunk boxes to ship to your door Step via diplomatic courier carriage, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no stolen money, and there are no danger involved.
 
Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt.David G. Robinson and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole.

Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contractor working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location in security company entirely out of trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British/American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in united states.
 
I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN GOOD BUSINESS AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO INVEST THE FUND AFTER THE DEAL IS COMPLETED. I ALSO KNOW THAT WITH YOUR VAST EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS,YOU ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE DEAL AND AS WELL AS OFFERING YOU GOOD ASSISTANCE IN MY PROPOSED NEW BUSINESS LIFE AFTER THE  DEAL.. I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM WHILE THE REMAINING 70% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ME THEN RESPONDING TO ME AND SEND ME YOU CONTACT ADDRESS AND YOUR IDENTITY CARD INCLUDING YOUR PHONE NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE DEAL.
 
Please, if you are ready to assist me in this project as I ask of you, then send me the following personal data of yours (1) FULL NAMES (2) YOUR CONTACT

ADDRESS/SHIPMENT ADDRESS (3) PHONE NUMBERS (4) YOUR VALID IDENTITY CARD so that I can instruct the security company to ship the consignment (fund) to your door step

within five days from date.
 
Also attached herein is the pictures from the seen at Baghdad in Iraq and the pictures of me and my colleagues in operations One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier's here in Iraq especially the attached picture of the money and the faces associated with it.

I do not know how long we will remain here, and I have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately. My only way of communication is email for now.  Thank

you for your understanding and co operations.
 
Sincerely yours,
Sgt.Kevin D. Buckles
 
NOTE: PLEASE CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS AT (  sgtkevind77@gmail.com )


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