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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: johnwgenicholson8@outlook.com
Reply-To: johnwgenicholson@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 11:56:18 -0700
Subject: hello

Hello Sir,

After Greetings,i'll like to introduce myself to you.My name is Gen John W. Nicholson Jr, American Army, commander of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. More recently, we are frequently under attack everyday by the Taliban insurgents, suicide and car bombers more frequently in recent years than ever before. During our operation combating the Taliban activities, we were able to Maneuver our way and deter the Taliban out of their hideout and discovered huge amount of cash in US dollars. The funds are allocations by the Unites States to Afghanistan for community development and re-construction purpose, but was eventually taken over by the Taliban. We recovered the money and secretly shared it among the officers that went for the operation. I got {15.000,000 million USD} as my share.

I am contacting you independently to seek your cooperation in receiving the amount and investing it in a good business in your country.. On 11th December 2017, I managed to secure the amount Fifteen million dollars and has been safe-kept somewhere outside Afghanistan. I took my time to conceal the money in two Trunk boxes disguised as my personal effects before handing it over to the diplomat who assist in conveying the consignment out of Afghanistan for safekeeping abroad. These boxes has security lock numbers which is known to me alone. I decided to invest this amount in any of the Middle Eastern Country or Asia as i cannot do any business investment with my name or in my country United States Of America with this money.

My contact to you is to make sure that the money is moved from its present safe keeping location to safe hands who is capable of injecting the amount into a reputable running business investment pending the completion of my assignment here in Afghanistan. I Will generously compensate you with 30% from the total amount, this is for your efforts to receive the consignment in your country. I plan on using diplomatic immunity-cover with the United Nations to transfer the consignment to your location with the aid of the diplomat who assist in conveying the consignment out of Afghanistan. This method of consignment transfer is 100% safe, risk free and out of every governmental interference, so you have nothing to worry about as i am assuring you 100% safety in the consignment transfer process.

I am contacting you with confidence and pleased to inform you that all arrangements for the successful transfer and delivery of the consignment has been put in place. All I need from you is to receive the consignment at your location from the delegated diplomat and invest the balance for me after you taken out the 30% i've promised to you. I need you to treat this deal as a top secret between me and you only as i do not want this to jeopardize my career with the U.S Army. My friend if only you can keep your words and execute this project, believe me it will be an honor for us to know each other.

I am waiting to read from you soon, I'll tell you more confidential details when you give me your words. Can I Trust You?

Yours sincerely.

Gen John W. Nicholson Jr.
commander: Resolute Support Mission,
Afghanistan.

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