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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "=?UTF-8?B?TXIgVGhvbWFzIEFsbGVu?=" <salivan@kraevid.com.ua>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:21:51 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?U2hhcmUgdGhpcyBnb29kIG5ld3Mgd2l0aCBtZQ==?=


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Good day,

I am Spc. Thomas Allen with the United States troop stationed here in Accra Ghana, Based on the United States legislative and executive decision to withdraw all troops from Abroad before the end of 2016, I have been deployed to work in Africa soon. our mission is to beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on war against terrorism.

This circumstance have orchestrated this proposal and I will explain in details upon your acceptance.
I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of 16.2 million USD which i got from a Boko Haram Arms deal here. I deposited this money with a Red Cross officer informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the fund. It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.


I wish to use this money for charity purposes in Turkey , where we have about 3 million Iraqi refugees and Syrians where we have currently the highest numbers of refugees displaced as a result of war. You need to visit such places. I am not forgetting the displaced in India. I want to invest the money on stock fish from Norway to this refugees because based on my experience on battle ground in this places, they lack a lot of fish and meat to add to their meager and unpalatable meals which they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows when the problem ends. Instead of allowing these terrorists to get the money and spend it on purchasing arms from Russia, it is better channeled to saving the world.

I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be in Africa for about 3 years, so I need someone I could trust to channel the fund to in Europe as the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary. As an American and a Specialist officer I have a 100% authentic means of moving the funds through diplomatic means. All I just need is your acceptance for this to be done.

if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why I went to a secured property site where I can be sure that the person is real and i believe I can trust you.

For now we can only communicate through our military communication a facility which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails, I can explain in details to you because calls might be monitored and I just have to be sure of whom I am dealing with. I can only call you when I am out of our military network.

If you are interested please inform me and I will give you more details. I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3 days I will then search for someone else.
I am doing this on trust, you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are the bad type, but I pray you are not. 16.2 million USD is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.

I await for your acceptance so that we can go on. in less than 14 working days the money should be in you custody and i will come over for my money and the to do the notary.

I have mapped out 30% of the sum for you while 70% is for me

I hope I am been fair on this deal? Please contact me through my private personnal email address ( thomasallen125@gmail.com ) for more information

Sincerely,
Mr Thomas Allens
Email: thomasallen125@gmail.com





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