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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: Dr. Miles Anderson <Dr.MilesAnderson@outlook.com>
Date: 23 Mar 2019 07:16:39 -0700
Subject: Re: Business Alignment and Proposal (RESEND)


Good day,

I hope you are doing great. I would like to inform you that i have sent you an e-mail earlier but i did not receive any response from you. So i'm taking liberty to resend this e-mail.
I have decided to contact you on a business proposal because my instincts tell are a sincere person. I am a U.S military doctor currently stationed in Somalia on a United Nations peace keeping mission against terrorism .
However, I need your urgent and sincere assistance. I have in my possession the sum of US$3 million dollar and 5 kilos of Gold bars which i obtained in the course of my mission here and I concealed these items in a Vault in the Red Cross facility here.
Due to the United Nations policy in Somalia, there is a plan to withdraw some troops from Somalia and I will be among the people that will be moving out. I cannot take this money to the United States because since they know me to be military personnel, they will want to know how I come about it.
Due to this, I have made an arrangement for a Red Cross diplomat to move this valuables out of here. The question is who will be in charge of the money in my absence . I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary, that is why i went to a secured site where i can be sure that the person is real. I believe i can trust you, I assure you with my life that everything will go smoothly.
I want you to stand as the beneficiary and receive the fund and keep it safe so that as soon as i come, you will assist me to invest it in a good profitable venture, I will give you 30% of the total money for the assistance after you have receive the money.
I believe I can trust you. Here we are now, we can only communicate through our military communication facilities, which are secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with. Please if you can handle it, let me know so that i will furnish you on the modality to follow.
I assure you, it is 100% risk free if you adhere to my instructions.
Please make sure you keep everything confidential.
Get back to me with the information below so we can proceed.

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
AGE:
NEAREST AIRPORT:


Contact me here for more details.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards.
Dr. Miles Anderson

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