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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: Capt Jon Leterrier <canadianlotrrylaley@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tabjamestmand@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:33:11 +0100
Subject: My good Friend

Dear Friend,

I am very sorry to invade your privacy, but i do not have any other
option than to seek for a competent person that can help out this is
between I and you.

I am Capt Jon Leterrier, and I am a member of NATO-ISAF Task Force and
Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern Afghanistan. I have a
very confidential proposal for you.

Based on the USA legislative and executive decision of pulling out
Suicide bombers troops out of here as scheduled by the United Nations
and the European Union, I have decided to contact you for this
business opportunity and relationship which i think God has used to
compensate me for my suffering over the years in this war zone. I want
to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of € 16.2 million
which I got from one of our raids in one of
the terrorist attack bombers abode here in (KABUL). WE DEID NOT PART
WITH THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE NECASSARY AUTHORITIES
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. So I deposited this money with a Red Cross Agent
informing him that I am making contact for the real owner of the money
and it is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for the money.

I want to invest the money in a good business as soon as my service
here ends. Anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business
person. I am solely interested in making a life for my two daughters
and therefore I shall require the service of a person who is
trustworthy and sincere and I am going to make you the beneficiary of
the money and allowing you to invest for my Kids in case anything
happens to me here. I am an American and an intelligence officer, so I
have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through
diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is
done.

Where we are now we can only communicate through our military
communication facilities that are 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 who I am dealing with.

I need someone I could deal with on trust, so that is why i contacted
you to work with me as the receiving partner in your country. If you
accept, I will put you forward as the beneficiary of the funds and
transfer the money to you because as a uniformed person I cannot be
parading with such an amount of money. So I need to present someone as
the beneficiary.

If you are interested, then let me know so that we can proceed as time
is very important to me. I will give to you 40% of the sum and 70% is
for me because I know that nothing goes for nothing. I hope I am been
fair to you for your assistance as my receiving partner.


Get back to me urgently if you are interested in this business deal
and please contact me via my email address I wait for your contact
information details, so that we can go on,hope i have been fair to
this deal. Get back to me

with your full
information:

Your Full Name:.....
Address:.........
Telephone:.....
A copy of your passport or any identification

Thanks
Jon

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