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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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Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?b?Q0FQVEFJTiBHLiBNT09SRQ==?=" <cstc@ntelos.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 13:55:53 +0000
Subject: TOP URGENT



Dear Friend,

Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to

you as a surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it

carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine

my future and continued existence.Please allow me to introduce

myself.I am CAPTAIN moore, in 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment

unit here that Patrols the helmand province, Afghanistan. I am

desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to

contact you.

I am presently in Afghanistan and I found your contact particulars in

an address journal. 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 I complete my

service here. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers

involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in US DOLLARS was discovered and concealed in barrels at a

location in helman province when we conducted a foot patrol and it was

agreed by all party present that the money be shared amongst us.This

might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No

compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in

this hellhole.The above figure was given to me as my share and to

conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help

of a Canadian contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some

immunity) I was able to get the package out to a safe location

entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents of

the package as he believes that it belongs to an American who died in

an air raid, who before giving up trusted me to hand over the package

to his close relative.

I have now found a secured way of getting the package out of

Afghanistan for you to pick up.

Please reply to greg123@r7.com

Respectfully,
Captain Moore,
United States Soldier:Afghanistan

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