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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: "Captain Nelson Corey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emmersonwaku@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 06:32:05 +0200
Subject: contact

Hello ,
How are you? I apologize for contacting you suddenly through this medium, I want to thank you so much for your answer. I wish to let you know that I will be relocating to your country and I am hoping as well that we can work together on a better and higher platform considering my relocation to your country, I sincerely want to trust you. I am a war veteran with the NATO troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. I served in the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad Iraq and now serving in Afghanistan.
I will also need a property for my private purposes as i will be relocating to your country for my retirements, this is why i contacted you so that we can put head together towards my plan to invest in your country. As a result of this, it will be important for me to reveal to you that I have in my possession the sum of ?5.2 million. which i got during our raid on terrorism in Kabul Afghanistan. and as soon as I hear from you of your reassurance to assist me then I will communicate for the delivery.
I have this money stored somewhere very safe in our camp in Kabul Afghanistan waiting for a moment like this to put the money in good use and now I want the box moved without delay. I have a very profitable investment plans on hand. I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be in your country for about 5 years, so I need someone I could trust. If you accept, I will transfer the money to your country where you will be the beneficiary because I am currently settling some scores with the pentagon so I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.. I am an American and an intelligence officer for that so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money out of here through diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is done.
Please if you are interested to help me in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and 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. Right now i am very careful with the way i communicate so as to avoid any kind of risk until this money is finally in your care. i shall be communicating to you through email and would also give you a call when it is necessary to inform you on any important information. I want you to be brave as i have everything under control. I have every proof of this fund in my possession to show you that everything is authentic.
If you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3 days I will then search for someone else. I am doing this on trust, so i would want you to put aside any act of greed or the thought of cheating as we have a lot to gain in this business relationship. ?5.2 million is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone. I am in Afghanistan right now and need to secure this money and send it to you if we reach a proper agreement. I am writing you from a fresh private email address, please delete this message if you are not interested in working with me.
I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 5 days the fund should have been transferred to you and I will come over for my money. I will give to you 20% of the sum and 80% is for me. I hope I am been fair on this deal.
Regards,
Captain Nelson Corey.

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