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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. Neysa Canfield" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgt.neysacanfield@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 13:22:29 -0000
Subject: I will explain further on the modalities..//200.11.

Hello Friend,
 
Greetings Happy New Year My name, is Sgt. Neysa Canfield. US ARMY 82nd Airborne Division, airborne infantry division of
the United States Army specializing in joint forcible operations. Based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is the primary fighting arm of the XVIII Airborne Corps. I deployed from Afghanistan to Syria on 28th June 2021.
 
Can you Assist me? As you must agree with me it has been hell here in Syria trying to keep the boxes of money safe from people's eyes for all these while and with this opportunity I deposited the boxes with Delivery company they know not the contained, all I need is your trust 100% I can send the boxes to you. So if you can assure me of your honesty I will go ahead and send the boxes to you for safe keeping,
 
Through Delivery company till my coming back home and I will gladly give you 40% of the money.
 
 
As soon as I receive your response I will explain the source of the Money.
 
I wait your reply as to proceed immediately
 
God bless you and America.
 
Best Regards,
Sgt. Neysa Canfield

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