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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: "Maj. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maj_generalmary@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:20:22 +0200
Subject: Investments & Co-operations

Hello/Dear Friend

My name is Maj. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien from United States of America, San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. I am the Commander, 25th Air Force, Combined With NATO, and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ISR operations Joint military Operations Area-Afghanistan specialize in distributing and warehousing military goods and equipment with ground supply support, the Joint Board's membership of the Senior enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC) and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of Defense in the Camp Eggers here in Kabul province Afghanistan.

Honestly I urgently need your sincere and truthful assistance from your heart and I really wish to have you as my good friend to entrust some funds into your care if you can precisely promise to wholeheartedly co-operate well with me ....BUT CAN I TRUST YOU??

Therefore, I have Eleven Million USD cash that I successfully moved out from the second largest oil field in southern Iraq's Basra Province (Al Ba?rah) of the Country through a United Nation's Depository Storage Vault since 2009.

It is oil business which I did with some Iraqi citizens that worth lots of cash in 2009 from Iraq Oil contract business as i was serving in Baghdad during the time of Iraqi war by helping some Iraqi Citizens to ship their oil vessels to their buyers in China, Singapore And Japan, this business contract lasted for months and I made my own share in the business and it is 100% legal which I occupied on it since 2009 from Basra province of Iraq.

I moved the whole cash out of Iraq as a family treasure and I have already made arrangements to finally move it through a legal assistance of storage company to send it to you directly BUT the most important thing is to ensure a transparent trustworthy of yourself just to Assure my mind without betray.

The most important ONE MORE thing is ''' Can I Trust You? Once the cash shall get to you while you take your 30% out and keep my own 70%. Your own part for this project is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent for investments.

My own part is sending it to you and if you are interested i will furnish you with more details. But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.

I am looking forward to your reply and co-operation, thanking you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation waiting for your urgent response to the E-mail address: bellow:

maj_generalmary@outlook.com

My Warm Regards,

Maj. Gen. Mary F. O’Brien

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