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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: "Cpt. Dempsey Mason" <cpt.dempseymason20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gfgy79@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:40:38 +0100
Subject: IF THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH REPLY URGENTLY

Dear Friend,

I believe I can trust you. My name is Cpt. Dempsey Mason in the U.S.
Army, a cannon crewmember with the 4th Brigade Combat Team “Currahee”,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) currently serving in syria in
the multinational force. I am currently stationed in Damascus, the
capital of Arab Republic of Syria.

I shall need your urgent attention and consideration in this that i
want to share with you now. Here in the camp were we are, we were
told that there are some (Shia militant camp) on the outskirts of
town not too far from our camp here in Syria, resulting in a gun
battle with them, two of six people were killed and three were
seriously injured, the remaining militants fled. Unfortunately, we
lost two soldiers in our unit . On the process of interrogating the
rebels that were wounded, they claimed to be a rebel to Muqtada
Al-Sadr and took us to their hide-out inside a cave where we recovered
20 foot containers of ammunition and cash in United States Currency,
US DOLLARS. We were ten remaining soldiers who made the attack, my
own share of the money is $15,500,000 Million US Dollars) here in
Syria. some of us sent their own through a diplomat, and their people
received it and kept for them, but because i do not have anyone to
send it to, i decided to contact you, so that i can also send it
through the diplomat. I am ready to invest this money in any country
of the world, with you being my business partner and my guide in
investing in your country after receiving your share of the funds.

I will give you 13% of this money, then 5% will go for expenses while
the remaing 82% will be for me and you will help me in saving the
remaining amount until i finish my mission here in 4 months time (I
still believe I can trust you to save it for me till I arrive), as you
know here in this camp we are not allowed to even talk on phone for
security reasons that is why i am confiding in you now as someone I am
convinced will not fail me, so do not let me down in this as more good
things will still come after this.

I am concluding this letter here by saying please give this urgent
100% attention because i want this money to be in your possession
within the next three weeks and start a great business.

This is what you will do to commence the process of moving the money
to your country.

You will send to my email box here:
1. Your scanned International Passport and or Driving License.
2. Your address, home and or office.
3. Phone No. and your very private email
4. Bank details.

As soon as I receive them I will immediately forward them to the diplomat.

Thanks as i await your expedited action.

Yours forever,

Cpt. Dempsey Mason

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