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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: "Anderson D. Newman" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 04:21:27 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU

Hi, My Friend

I am Anderson D. Newman, an officer of the U.S Army. I am writing you this email from Kabul, Afghanistan as the last batch of our men just left Iraq. I have some items I will need to ship to you. I am in possession of box that contain $26.7M buck. I was among US soldiers that found some stash of money around the hood of the Iraqi dead dictator when we were first deployed in Iraq. Although our men returned money to the US army which was subsequently returned to the Iraqi treasury; but we weren't stupid to give in all the money. Though I am scary telling you about this on email. But the one question is, Can you be trusted?

For clarity of what I’m talking about, check this news link below;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

So I need someone that is not related to me, to help me pull this cash out, everything is ready, I just need someone I can trust because we have lost a box of gold to someone that said he will help us last time and I won't like to make the same mistake.

If you can handle this deal let me know immediately, you will receive 35% of the money, all you need to do is to find a safe place where you can keep the box till I finish my duty here. . Get back to me immediately with this email Id: andersondnewman@gmail.com


Respectfully,
Anderson D. Newman

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