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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: "Lt.Gen James L Terry" <sam@synergita.net>
Reply-To: jamesterrynewyork@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 05:38:57 +0530
Subject: Army Lt. Gen. James Terry




Hello My Good Friend,

I am Army Lt. Gen. James Terry, an officer of the U.S Army. I just moved
to Syria from Iraq as one of the last batch that just left this morning,
During my services in Iraq, I was able to secure Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollar($15.5 million U.S Dollars) which is my own share
of the money we shared among ourselves that belong to Saddem Hussein and
his family. i have carefully arranged the said fund in a military
consignment trunk box.I have also make arrangement on how to deliver this
consignment box to Dubai .

I want to hand over this funds to a Trust-Worthy Person that can help me
keep it safe in your country , till am back from the Camp in Syria
SEPTEMBER 2017 for joint business and investment,can you be trusted?
kindly send me your name, your business involvements and mobile number for
easy communication.
You will find the story of this money on the web address below. After we
have submitted the remaining part
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
.
Please kindly keep this transaction Confidential because I am still.
serving in the Military camp here in Syria.

Can We work this together in Dubai,UAE ?

Army Lt. Gen. James Terry
US Rescue Team,Aleppo-Syria
REPLY HERE PLEASE jamesterrynewyork@gmail.com

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