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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: " Capt. Carr Kate Lee" <contactinf01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: contactinf01@yahoo.pt
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:07:35 -0300
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

Greetings,

I know you will be surprised to read my email. Am an American
citizen, apart from being surprise you may be skeptical to reply me
because based on what is happening on the internet world, one has to
be very careful because a lot of scammers are out there to scam
innocent citizens and this has made it very difficult for people to
believe anything that comes through the internet.
My name is Capt. Carr Kate Lee, a member of the U.S. ARMY medical
team, Just deployed to Iraq Because of the ISIS Problem. View to see
details (
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_military_intervention_against_ISIS ).
I need a trust worthy person who will assist me in procuring these
funds that will be transferred to you for both our collective benefit.
I shall send you more details upon receiving your response on how we
will proceed with this transaction.
In God we Trust.

Capt. Carr Kate Lee.
Email: contactinf01@yahoo.pt

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