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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: "General Joseph F. Dunford" <gendunford577@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "General Joseph F. Dunford" <gen.josephdunford677@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:59:42 -0700
Subject: SOLDIERS FROM AFGANISTAN TO Bixnfleisch


Good Day Bixnfleisch ,
It took me time to think properly, before resolving to give you this information because of the state of things here at the moment.
I'm General Joseph F. Dunford, ISAF commander and US National contingent commander Afghanistan. You may have seen on the news, the predicament of Gen. David Petraeus.
This is a very important information, so I do not want you let anybody know about this please.
Three weeks ago, I and my troops were on a raid in the northern part of Afghanistan. It happened that in one of the buildings that were occupied by the Taliban which we stormed, we found huge raw cash hidden under the ground. At first we thought it was a dream, but when I touched the money, believe me, they were real U.S. dollars hidden in boxes.
The money is believed to be made from drug deals, which were intended to be used for financing terrorist attacks. I knew this is a blessing from God. I am very happy my friend, because I know that this treasure of our lives is to change us for better, for ever and ever. I am repeating this again. No one has to know about this please. The money was shared among all officers that witnessed the operation that day, so there is no problem at all.
My share of the money ($12,857,000.00 USD) is now safely hidden in my base, but I am afraid that, if I should take off now, people will become suspicious.I want to trust you blindly, otherwise I would not have told you about this money.
I have therefore come to the conclusion that, I want to send the money out of here enclosed in a secured metal box. This is because there is no way i can transfer this money to you by bank from Afghanistan, without calling into questioning, how i got this money.
We are sending some soldiers to assist the Kenya Soldiers in Nairobi to help in the security of President Barrack Obama on his arrival to Kenya soon. the box of money will be carried by the soldiers to Kenya where i have already made an arrangement with a UN Diplomat who will deliver the box directly from Kenya to your country at your door step .
The money is arranged safely inside a metal box codded which will be delivered to you by a diplomat from Nairobi Kenya .I am willing to give you 30% of the entire money if you can handle this transaction secretly on my behalf , then I will invest the balance 70% on a business in your country which you will manage on my behalf .
Upon your reply i will attach a prove to you where the money where been shared among all the officers who took part on the operation and together with my working ID card to your email for confirmation .I think this is a great opportunity for us, and please please please, I always want this very confidential. Don't tell anyone for security reasons and for my safety.
I want to trust you with the hope that you will never betray me. I will be waiting to hear from you, so that I can know what to do next.
Regards,
General Joseph F. Dunford,
ISAF deputy commander


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