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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: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 01:15:19 +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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