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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 Adams <john@usarmy.mil>
Reply-To: jadams884@yahoo.com.tw
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:59:01 +0100
Subject: Urgent



Hello,

My name is John Adams. I am an American soldier presently on active
service with Squadron battalion here in Afghanistan. I served with the
Third Infantry Division in Iraq since 2003, before thousand of my
lucky colleagues were pulled out in August this year, leaving my
superior and myself among the unlucky ones drafted to Afghanistan
where I am serving presently. During my call to duty in Iraq, my
superior and I moved US$7 million ( Seven Million US dollars) being
part of funds recovered from late Saddam Hussein during a search in
one of his palaces in 2003. Through the assistance of a Senior Red
Cross Delegate to Iraq, this fund has been safely moved out of Iraq
and currently deposited in a secured financial institution in Europe.

Basically, since my superior and I are not among thousands of our
colleagues that were withdrawn in August, we cannot continue to keep
these funds in the financial institution for as long as we remain
here. Hence my superior officer has authorized me to look for a
reliable and trustworthy person that could assist us to retrieve these
funds from the financial institution for investment.

Once you retrieve the funds, we shall disburse it in three
proportions: you will have 30% and I will have 30%, while my superior
officer will have 35%. 5% will be set aside to offset all expenses
that may be incurred in the process of retrieving the funds. For
security reasons, this transaction must be kept very secret, and
should not be disclosed to anyone else. As long as you follow my
instructions, I can assure you that this transaction is 100% risk
free. Due to the call of my duty here and the secret nature of this
transaction, I would prefer you communicate to me through email:
jadams884@yahoo.com.tw

If you find my proposal interesting, reply this mail so I could send
you more details.

Respectfully submitted.
John Adams
Squadron Battalion,
US Army Base, Afghanistan.

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