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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Michael Thompson" <michaelthompson30@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:10:33 +0800
Subject: we can work together

Hello
I am Spc. James Morris with the United Nations troop stationed here in Afghanistan,
on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative
and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, I have been
deployed to move to Europe soonest.

our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States
and the European Union on the war against terrorism.

This circumstance have orchestrated this proposal and I will explain in
details upon your acceptance.
I have in my possession the sum of 16.2 million USD which i got from a crude
Oil deal here in Afghanistan

I wish to use this money for charity purposes in Turkey, where we have
about 3 million Iraqi refugees and Sudan where we have currently the
highest numbers of refugees displaced as a result of war. you need to
visit such places. I am not forgetting the displaced in India. I want
to invest the money in stock fish from Norway for this refugees because
based on my experience on battle ground in this places, they lack a
lot of fish and meat to add to their meager and unpalatable meals which
they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows
when the problem ends. Instead of allowing terrorists to get the
money and spend it on purchasing arms from Russia, it is better
channelled to saving the world.

I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be in Europe
or about 3 years and the fund can not be moved in my name because of my
position as United states military which forbids us from doing business while on
active duty In foreign land.

If you accept, I will transfer the money to
Europe where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed
person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present
someone as the beneficiary. I am an American and a Specialist officer
for that so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money
through diplomatic means. I just need your acceptance and all is done.
Please if you are interested 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
i believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only communicate through
our military communication a facility which is 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.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I
can call you for further inquiries when I am out of our military
network. I am writing from a fresh email account so 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, you should understand and you should know that as
a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are the
bad type, but I pray you are not. 16.2 million USD is a lot of money
which is the dream of anyone.
I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 14 days
the money should be in you custody and I will come over for my money.
I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I am been
fair on this deal.
Sincerely,
Spc. James Morris



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