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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: "Major. Janet George." <major.janetgeorge2@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: "Major. Janet George." <major.janetgeorge@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 12:09:43 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: Good day and compliments,

Hi dear,

Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you as a surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully the decision you make will go off long to determine my future and Continued existence.

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am Major. Janet George, in 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment unit here that Patrols the Helmand province Afghanistan. I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in Afghanistan and I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $ 14,800,000. 00 (Fourteen Million Eight hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to you as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY and other required information shall follows next

Kindly contact me as soon as possible and all correspondence must be by my Private mail address  as more details about this shall be relayed to you upon your next correspondence. E-mail : jgforceak47patrol@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,

Major. Janet George.

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