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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: John Clifford <fatimaadamu617@gmail.com>
Reply-To: diplomaticdeliveryagent2@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:48:57 +0100
Subject: Attention: Your ATM Card

Dear Friend,

Due to a lot of internet Fraud people have nursed fear to do
online business because of fear of dealing with the wrong people,
I want to tell you that this mail is not one of them, take all
precautions matures to avoid COVID 19 infection. Please carefully read
my mail, and I will give you prove that will show you reality of
myself Stay safe, Am John Clifford, 47 years old, I am
from Austin Texas, United States of America I lived in the Military
Cantonment in Houston Texas, I completed my training program and
physical education course at Fort bliss, command Texas United State of
America. It is the largest installation in FORSCOM United State Army
forces command and second largest in the Army over all. I am a 2nd
lieutenant and Protocol officer. Am well trained in combat and
infantry. I had a tough childhood. I lost my parents when I was very
little, and am the only son and only child.


Am on Peace keeping force deployed to Syria . Can you be trusted ? If
you are current, you might have heard the world breaking news in Iraq
some time ago, about the US ARMY stormed a place and made this
discovery which was handed over to the USA heads, till today nobody
gave account of it,similar thing just happen on our duty .

You can read more about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm

I have to attach my Pictures to prove what I am about to tell you,
please keep everything secret. Last time we went for inspection in
terrorist hid out, we discover bags fill with US DOLLARS and other
currency, me and my group returned it back to the base camp, our
heads, told us that they will report it to the proper office for
investigation and up to date we did not hear anything about the money
again, and I feel they must have shared it among themselves.

After the next day I went to take records of other items in the trucks
discovered from the terrorist hid out, I noticed there was another bag
right inside the Truck tanker side, I said glory be to God, I took the
bag, and hid it in a safe place, after some couple of days, I decided
to count the money in my room it was huge amount $ 12.6 Million US
Dollars, I decided not to take the money to the bass office as I know
that the superiors will share it themselves as well. Now my consign is
your trust, can I rely on you? If you will assure me, your honesty,
sincerity, I will make plans how to move it out from Syria to your
address as a Military family valuable, which I will obtain the
documents with Tag, accompanied with the United Nation Tag (UN) Tag”
to cover it up as Military Non Inspection Family Valuable Tag
(M.N.I.F.V.T). With this document and the tags on the box no
authority, person or persons will tamper to open the box. The arrival
of the consignment box to your address is 100% assured.

Once again please keep this very confidential, and if you are
interested and assure me your Sincerity.

Get back to me on my private email :
diplomaticdeliveryagent2@rediffmail.com



I await your immediate response to enable us proceed.

Respectfully,
John Clifford

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