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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- paquettejamescare4you@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "test" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paquettejames@usa.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 02.32.41 +0100
Subject: URGENTLY DEAR FRIEND

Dear Friend,

I know this email will come as a surprise to you although it is with a good motive.

Before I go any further, I want to share more about myself. My name is Captain Paquette James, from Morton Grove, Illinois United States. I am an American Citizen currently serving in Afghanistan. I formally served in Baghdad Iraq in 2003. I’m 48yrs old and I am an only child of both parents. My dad was a US marine before he passed away. My mom was a stay at home mom and she passed away in October 1st 2007.

My dear, I want you to know that we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs and during one of our rescue mission we came across a safe box that contain huge amount of money that belongs to the supporters of the over thrown government of Iraq, which I believe was money meant for buying weapons and ammunition to the Islamic terrorist groups such as Taliban, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, etc for confirmation of this story After we discovered the money, me and five other officers hide some part of the money that we discovered and returned the rest to US Central command.

Please visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

The reason i contacted you is that, i want you to help me receive my consignment (Boxes) that i deposited with a security company in Baghdad Iraq. I place my consignment (Boxes) contains 10million dollars. Please note that the security company does not know that the box contains money I listed it as containing family belongings hopefully this coming months i will be back so I will be most thankful to God if you can receive the consignment from the security company on my behalf. I am offering you 3million while 6million is for me, then the remaining 1million for Charity Organization I do pray and hope you are a honest person as I strongly believe honesty is the basis of any meaningful relationship, trust, reliance. assurance, conviction, devotion, loyalty, faithfulness, commitment, dedication and observance.

Note: All the documents used in lodging the consignment (Boxes) with the security Company are all in my possession. l will send them to you as soon as you show your willingness to assist me in receiving the consignment from the security company.

Let me know if you are interested then i can send you more detail and my Identification. Here is my email paquettejamescare4you@gmail.com
Thanks and God bless you.

Yours Sincerely,
Capt Paquette

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