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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: Daniel Richmond <daniel.richmond11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lt.col.danielrichmond@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 09:23:23 +0000
Subject: GREETINGS

Greetings,

My name is (Lt. Col. Daniel Richmond), I am a soldier, serving in Military
with the army's 3rd infantry division in Syria, with a very desperate need
of assistance, and I have summed up courage to contact you.

There is a sum of Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States
dollars ($5,700,000.00) which I need your kind assistance to move out the
above sum to you as far as I can be assured the money will be safe in your
care Until I complete my service here. Once the funds get to you, take 30%
out as your share and keep my own 70% and help me look for some properties
and business so that I can invest my own money on. The only thing I require
from you is just for you to help me find a safe place where the funds can
be sent to, if interested kindly reply me for more details.

The source of this fund, Some money in various currencies were discovered
in barrels at a farmhouse during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by
my colleagues 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 as
we decided to share part of the money that was discovered, but I must
confess to you, there is no compensation that can make up for the risk we
have taken with our lives in this hell hole and some many of our officers
have been killed.

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 Malaysia man working
here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get he package out
to a safe location entirely out of the trouble spot. He doesn't 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 Syria, and
before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to one of the
Security Secure bank in his country, I have now found a very secured way of
getting the package out of Malaysia for you to pick up, and I will discuss
this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist me, and I
believe that the money will be well secured in your hand because I feel you
are human.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss or disclose 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 here in Syria. I do not know how long we shall
remain here, I have been wounded and survived so many times, and I honestly
want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon as
possible. So that I can be able to send you all the details you needed to
get this money out of the bank in Malaysia.

I await your swift reply. God bless you and your family.

Yours Sincerely,
Lt. Col. Daniel Richmond

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