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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: "Sgt John Anthony Allen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captjohnallen222@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:37:06 +0800
Subject: From Sgt John Anthony Allen

Attention,
 
My name is John Anthony Allen I'm from Colorado, U.S. but now in Afghanistan for peace keeping,
I’m a Sgt in the US Army.i grew up in an orphanage home with no parents and relatives....
Due to my childhood background and training i picked interest in the force so as to serve my country in return for the love, care and assistance that was rendered to me as a child Well this prompted me to join the US Army to
serve and protect the nation.
 
We  went for war and came out with victories.. My team was responsible for capturing the second in command of the Taliban's, we paid a great price in losing 3 soldiers and sustained injuries. I got some, but minor ones. We found money and ammunition's in our last mission at the Taliban's hide outs, and submitted the ammunition's and sent out
part the  monies to the government. Our team, led by our commander, decided to pay respect for the heavy loss we sustained and to share some of the money within the victims and family; we did well and I got my share of $4.5million United States dollars.
 
Right  now, the whole team is moving out; his or her share out of Afghanistan and I have decided to move my share via the United Kingdom Red cross service that provided us treatment, I contacted a woman among them to help me move my luggage into London and deposit it to a security company  as My Luggage but she never knew what i had in it, And when
she asked I  told her it was my luggage. I locked it and have with me the security key number which I will give to you once the luggage is delivered to you, we are not allowed to keep money in the camp so I want to send my own share of the money to you so you can keep it in a safe place for me till I come back to you.
 
I will give you 60% of the Money then take 40%.this is the security company
E-mail address: delivering76@hotmail.com.
 
Go ahead and contact them on my behalf so they will start processing it with your Details......
And you get back to me for any information you need
 
Thanks
Sincerely,
 
Sgt John Anthony Allen
 

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