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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: Sandra Jordan <sandrajordan1133@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:02:44 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello dear,

My name is Sandra Jordan, a British Army Nurse now in Afghanistan. I
need your co-operation in a very sensitive and delicate transaction
which I have tried to keep to myself considering my profession. I hold
in trust a treasure which I need to move into the custody of a trusted
friend, who would invest the funds for the benefit of us. There is
absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in
respect to this mail coupled with the fact that so many miscreants and
mischief-makers who have taken possession of the internet to
facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely
difficult to believe that any quest for assistance through the
internet is real or genuine making it difficult for persons who need
help to get attention, recognition and assistance.
In the course of my military operation here in Afghanistan, I was
confided in by one of my patient who was about to die after a bomb
explosion at his residence Killing his whole family. He told me about
a box he buried underground which contains 2.4MUSD. l have succeeded
in moving the fund out of Afghanistan as a family treasure for safe
keep through a United Nations diplomatic agents. I need a good partner
who I can trust to assist me in receiving the money as a consignment
for investment.

Considering the sensitive nature of my job, I want to trust you and
give the security company the permission to move the luggage to you as
my partner. If you honestly value our friendship and the good live
both of us will have when this fund gets to you, I need your
permission to proceed so that the UN agents can conclude the moving
of the funds as a consignment to you in the earliest possible time as
I have deposited it for a long time now. If you are interested,
furnish me with all details about you including your passport copy.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter
with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and
please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be
too bad for me here in Afghanistan. I do not know how long we will
remain here but am planning to quit the army immediately after you
have secured the fund so that I can enjoy my life like every other
normal people. But the whole process will be simple and we must keep a
low profile at all times.

As you know the situation here is very tensed. We are so much
restricted here and please kindly contact me by email for Security
purpose. The whole process is simple and risk free but we must
maintain low profile and obey rules of confidentiality.
Also I want you to indicate clearly how many percent you will take
from the entire fund as your commission for work well done. I will
like to invest in real estate but i don't know if you have another
options as I am a novice in terms of investment.

Hoping to hear from you

Sandra Jordan
Helmand NATO base, Afghanistan

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