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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: "Dr. Donald Adams." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donadams223@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:30:19 -0800
Subject: AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.

Dear Friend,


AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.

I hope this email finds you in good health. I m Dr. Donald Adams, originally from Fiji Islands, but I am presently in Afghanistan as an expert doctor of medicine.
On the 12Th of April 2014 my wife and I were approached by a British Soldier, Warrant Officer Faulkner Spencer, who handed a box full of cash totaling
TWENTY-TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY {$22,800,000.00} to me and my wife for safe keeping and begged us never to disclose this to anyone.

Unfortunately,exactly two weeks later news reached us that he had an accident and died in an Helicopter crash in Takhta Pul District, Afghanistan.

Kindly view the link below for confirmation:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-10629358

My wife and I wants to use this opportunity to seek for your assistance to help us repatriate this fund to your country for investment purposes
because the fund is not safe here and we can no longer hold on to this fund since Officer Faulkner is no more and we are willing to compensate
you with 35% of the total sum for your help.

We will be very grateful if our proposal is considered and given the urgent attention it deserves. This is our private e-mails:


Sincerely,

Dr. Donald Adams.

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