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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: John Miller <ebenezerodonkor54@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johncampbellmiller02@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:40:58 -0700
Subject: I need your Assistance

Dear friend.

My name is captian john c. miller, an american soldier presently
serving in syria. can you be trusted?; can i entrust $9 million us
dollars in your care? i will enlighten you more of this transaction as
soon as i hear from you. i only need a trusted person to help me
receive and secure this funds until i am through with my duty here
syria.

below is my private email, i will like you to write to me, i shall
then provide you with more detail on how you will receive the funds
successfully, (johncampbellmiller02@gmail.com)

capt. john.
johncampbellmiller02@gmail.com

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