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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- wkoh64@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Wilson Koh <wkoh64@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:22:09 -0700
Subject: Wilson Koh

--
From Wilson Koh
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division
UnitT.I.D.U,
Abul Uruj, Baghdad, Iraq.

I am Wilson Koh, a native of Iraq. I am a Contractor with the America
troop
served in the third infantry division Unit in Iraq in the year 2003

I am currently AWOL. My partner Darren D. Braswell,36, of Riverdale,
Ga.,
died Jan. 7th near TalAfar, Iraq, when the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in
which he was a Passenger crashed. Braswell worked For the Army and Air
Force Exchange Service, before his death We secretly moved some
abandoned
cash in a mansion belonging to the former president, Saddam Hussein and
the
total cash is US$80,000,000.00 Eighty Million Dollars.

As I write this letter to you, these boxes are in Security Company as I
secretly moved it out of Baghdad to safe place nd since then has been
laying low while on AWOL.

Sir I seek your consent to help me move this money to your country
location.

You do not have to be afraid of anything as no one else knows about this
and everything is safe,if you compare the time it ws dicoverd and this
time
you will understand that all eyes must be of the funds now.

I would be pleased and grateful to you if you could assist me and my
late
partner Darren D. Braswel in receiving this boxes for us on your behalf
as
I will making plans to fly out as soon as the money is safely out of
Iraq.
Of course, I shall compensate you with an attractive percent of the
total
funds for your role/efforts.

As you know the current situation in Syria is esclating day by day,and
will
like to move out of here as soon as i can

Moving the funds out of the security company is not going to be much of
a
problem as arrangements are being made towards that. All I want from you
is
your trust,

Please get back to me with your full name
Contact phone number

Preferable without delay and lets negotiate terms.

Your response will determine our subsequent correspondence. Email me @
wkoh64@yahoo.com

You can read more on this website for more information and explanations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Yours in Service.
Wilson Koh

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