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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: Jude Daniels <judedaniels78@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Jude Daniels <sgtpaulwhite100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:39:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I need a partner.


 My names are General Paul White, I am a United States Army officer on a peace keeping mission in Afghanistan. I am a widower, 51 years of age. I
have been in this mission for almost three years now and i am left with
less than two months to return. Something great happened in this
mission which is one of the reasons why i have decided to contact you:
During our operation we had a confrontation with the Afghan talibans in
there hideout, at the end of lasted shootout we were able to maneuver
them and discovered in their hideout lots of dangerous weapons and huge
amount of money in US dollars. We took the money and shared it among the
officers that went for the operation after which i got Four million,
five hundred thousand dollars ($USD4,500,000.00) as my own share... Now
my only problem is that the money is not safe here in the camp as no one
knows when the talibans may strike back. All the banks here in
Afghanistan are closed down and no one can make any
bank
to bank
transfer outside Afghanistan...this is a very difficult situation for me
here, i thought about the positive impact this money will make in my
life when i leave the camp and i took it. Hence i need your help to
safeguard this money for me until i return from this mission in less
than two months, i am offering you thirty per cent (30%) of the total
money if you accept my proposal. I took my time to conceal the money in a
Trunk box covered with my personal effects. I'm writing you because i
don't have the time to think of who to trust as i don't have anybody out
there to share my secrets with, my guts instinct tells my that you can
handle it for me. It may be a start for better relationship between us,
we never can tell what tomorrow holds.
Please let me have your
consent if you are willing to handle it for me so that i can arrange on
how to lift it out from here to your country.
contact me via my private email:sgtpaulwhite100@gmail.com
With much regard,
General Paul White

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