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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: "Major George H Thomas" <infooffice2015@angelsbaseball.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 13:36:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Hello good day


Good day to you my friend!!, permit me to introduce myself, my name is major George H Thomas from America army presently in peace keeping duty here in Afghanistan. the reason why i am contacting you is to help me receive the sun of ($2,000,000)USD.

This money is being kept safe in a secured location i would disclose to you later. Basically, since i am a government service and i am not allowed to have or keep discovered looted funds around me, i have decided to look for someone to help me relocate and keep this funds, that is why I have contacted you, so that you can keep it for me in your safe account or custody until we complete our foreign service here in Afghanistan.

I have decided to contact you after reading your profile the only way i can communicate with you now is through email because here in Afghanistan we do not have personal phone, we only allowed to use our Radio message to communicate to each other.

waiting to hear from you soonest.

Reply to this my personal mailbox to contact me.
Major.G.H.T.2016@gmail.com

Your's sincerely,
Major George H Thomas.

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