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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: CAPT JAMES WILLIAMS <dr.johnsonkoffi1960@gmail.com>
Reply-To: roseline.donnaa@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:18:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Capt James Williams

Dear Friend,

Thanks for your mail and for accepting my offer. I apologize for my late
reply; it was due to my duty here. Since your last email to me in the month
of August, I couldn't reply back because my troops were camping at the road
to the Turkmenistan border, Afghanistan that makes it difficult for me not
check my mail.

I have finally secured the money as being agreed and have every proof of
this transaction, only what i need is your assistance to help me receive
the money to your personal bank account, and your phone number for easy
communication, as i can not leave Afghanistan because of the nature of my
work.

The Money will be transferred from Access Bank London to your account.
They do International Transfer. They may not transfer the $10,500,000.00 at
once to your Bank Account, they will be transferring the fund Bit by Bit
$500,000 each transfer for security reasons. I will inform you on what to
do when the bank transferred the money into your Bank Account.

Please do not disclose this deal to anybody as to protect my duty. I
attached my picture for your confirmation and documentation.

Remember, your share still remains the same 20% out of the total amount of
the money. The total amount of the money is $10,500,000.00 {Ten Million
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars }.

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible to enable me proceed
on the transfer. Please, Do not reply to this email, reply me to my private
email address (capt_jameswilliams@yahoo.com } for security reasons.

Best Regard,


US Army Peacekeeping,
Counter Insurgency Training Center Afghanistan at Camp Julien, Kabul.
Capt James Williams
Email: { capt_jameswilliams@yahoo.com }

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