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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: "Captain Greg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captgreg905@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:12:26 +0100
Subject: Urgent Response From Captain Greg United States Army....

Sorry for the late reply

   

Thanks for your  response to my proposal.

 

Like I told you in my previous email, i am seeking your assistance to

 

evacuate the sum of $25M (Twenty  Five million United States Dollars)

 

to you, as far as i can be assured that it will be safe in your care

 

until we complete our service here. I will send you the details, but I

 

have to be very sure that you are willing to assist me. If we can

 

agree on some terms then you will have yours and keep mine until we

 

return, then the both of us can do this together.

   

I agreed to offer you a reasonable percentage(40%) of the total sum of

 

money as gratification for your assistance and cooperation. It's $100

 

bills throughout and it's contained in one Trunk box. I'm thinking of

 

tagging the box as "personal effects" and ship it out of Afghanistan

 

through a special diplomatic scheme through the help of a Canadian

 

Diplomat i told you about in my previous email. Please respond ASAP

 

because I don't like the box to continue to be here, for security

 

purpose.

   

I also advice you to please keep this issue highly confidential.

 

Diplomatic shipment is a very secure and legal way of sending the

 

Trunk box of money out of here(Afghanistan),and I will discuss this

 

with you in full details on my next email. Please do confirm to me if

 

this is quite acceptable by you so that I can start making

 

arrangements immediately to have the Trunk box shipped out of

 

Afghanistan.

   

You may be wondering why i choose to trust a delicate matter like this

 

in the care of a stranger, but this is the best we can do in my

 

present situation. I would have trusted this kind of project in the

 

hands of my wife who was my closest confidant, but I lost her to

 

cancer on 22ND April 2006 7months after we got married, and my only

 

brother has ruined his life with hard drugs, hence my decision to work

 

with a neutral person if we can establish some trust between ourselves

 

instead of confiding in my buddies back home so that this little

 

secret can be preserved. I will await your immediate response to this

 

email . I am counting on your understanding and full cooperation in

 

order to make this work faster. i can bet with my live that we cannot

 

afford to fail with the arrangement already put in place for the

 

delivery of the Trunk Box of money to you.

   

I await your immediate contact with me. let me know what you have to

 

say about the sharing ratio and also confirm your willingness to

 

cooperate with me in this project. When replying to this email, please

 

make your personal information such as full names, contact address and

 

direct telephone number and ID available to me.I will send you my ID

 

and pictures of the money when I receive your full contact

 

information.

   

Kind regards

Capt Greg 

 

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