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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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Fraud email example:

From: Miss Sandra Jordan <admin@rhaon.co.kr>
Reply-To: Miss Sandra Jordan <sandrajordan1122@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:03:58 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Hello Dearest


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&nbsp; can
conclude the moving of the funds as a consignment to you&nbsp; 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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