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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: "EVANS PARKER" <evansparker19@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: evansparker142@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:18:57 -0000
Subject: DEAR PAL


Dear Pal,

I do hope my email meets you well, I am LTC. Evans Parker a U.S. Army
assigned to the Embassy here in Iraq. I am writing you this email to ask
for your agreement to receive the sum of $ 30 Million on our behalf. The
question is can I trust you? My partner and I are in need a good partner
someone we can trust to actualize this venture and got your contact.

The money is from oil proceeds and legal, we are transferring it via the
safe passage way of a diplomatic courier to your house or your bank
address directly or a safe and secured location of your choice.

If you are agreeable, get yourself a deal and reply to my private email:
evansparker142@gmail.com or evansparker19@yahoo.com.

Once you receive the funds, you are to keep a low social profile and take
an awesome reward of 30% and custody our share for further evaluation
whether you can assist us invest our share.

We seek your confidentiality in this business transaction as we wish to
furnish you with more comprehensive details and what is required of you.

It´s unfortunate that we can´t call you on the phone for security reason;
however, if you have a Webcam, It will be proper to have a face-to-face
meeting and discuss in details.

I await your urgent reply: evansparker142@gmail.com


Yours sincerely,
Evans Parker.







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