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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: "MILLAR" <jn.millar@usa.com>
Reply-To: mjmillar@uymail.com
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:18:20 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?b?TMOER0dBIE3DhFJLRSBUSUxM?=


Spara sn=E4llt din tid p=E5 denna fr=E5ga. Jag =E4r John Millar som f=F6r n=
=E4rvarande tj=E4nar med USA Army Som en amerikansk majora delegerades jag =
till Afghanistan p=E5 grund av krigets terrorism. Jag har varit i Afghanist=
an f=F6r en tid nu. Jag best=E4mde mig f=F6r att kontakta dig f=F6r mitt pe=
rsonliga intresse som ocks=E5 kommer att gynna dig. Jag v=E4ljer att lita p=
=E5 mitt livsf=F6rm=F6genhet i din hand. F=F6r n=E4rvarande =E4r jag i st=
=E4llning f=F6r 12 miljoner amerikanska dollar. Under en av v=E5r verksamhe=
t i Afghanistan uppt=E4ckte jag och mitt team n=E5gra =F6vergivna skatter. =
(R=E5tt guld, stenar osv.) Faktum =E4r att jag och mina medarbetare delade =
dessa l=E5dor med balloting. N=E4r jag kom hem och =F6ppnade min egen l=E5d=
a uppt=E4ckte jag att det inneh=E5ller pengar p=E5 12m United States Dollar=
s. =C4nda sedan dess deponerade jag denna l=E5da pengar i ett s=E4kerhetsf=
=F6retag. =C4ven om s=E4kerhetsbolaget inte k=E4nner till det riktiga inneh=
=E5llet i min l=E5da =E4nd=E5 =E4r jag orolig att omplacera den h=E4r rutan=
p=E5 grund av mina st=E4ndiga dr=F6mmar etc. Jag r=E5kade vara mer bekv=E4=
m och avslappnad varje g=E5ng jag kom ih=E5g ditt namn. Men jag har best=E4=
mt mig f=F6r att riskera att spara dessa pengar med dig i avvaktan p=E5 min=
pensionering fr=E5n mitt milit=E4ra arbete. Vi ska prata om villkor snart =
jag har ditt svar. V=E4nligen svara p=E5 mjmillar@uymail.com =A0 Jag =E4r f=
ortfarande John Millar

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