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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: "Capt. Calimore Kelvin Gomez" <carolharmony1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: captainckelvingomez@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:56:30 -0800
Subject: Dear friend,

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Dear Friend,

Thank you for your email. I am interested to invest in your Country
but I contacted you primarily in confidence hoping that you can be a
trustworthy person and would also be helpful in a matter like this.

I am Capt. Calimore Kelvin Gomez , I want your co-operation to invest
in your country with your ideas in lucrative areas. I need you to take
responsibility of the fund management and investment. I rely on your
good knowledge of business to invest the money in your country. I will
depend on your experience and knowledge to succeed.

I want a brief explanation of your business plan or investment ideas
and terms of participation to proceed,with full trust in your
capability.The investment amount is One hundred Million Dollars
($100,000,000.00 USD) It is from clean and legitimate source in the
Oil contracts and totally Bank cleared funds .

I will provide all legal documents to clear the money I am an American
and an intelligence officer for that I have a 100% authentic means of
transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need
your acceptance and all is done. to successfully transfer the fund to
you and your country,which I have chosen as the safe place for this
investment.

Please reply with personal details urgently on my email:
captainckelvingomez@yahoo.com

Regards,

Capt.Calimore Kelvin Gomez

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