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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: Hoffman David <jj331551@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hoffmandavid257@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:28:47 +0100
Subject: Partner with Me

Hello good 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 Sergeant Hoffman David, and I'm a member of
NATO-ISAF Task Force and Provincial Reconstruction Troops in Southern
Afghanistan. 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
$4.3 million and 7 bars of gold which I got from one of our raids in
one of the terrorist attack bombers abode here in (KABUL). WE DID NOT
PART WITH THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE NECESSARY 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 possible. Anyway you will
advise me on that since I am not a business person. I am solely
interested in making a life once I leave here 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 on my
behalf. 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. 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. We will go 50 for you 50% for me in this
deal. I hope I am been fair to you for your assistance as my receiving
partner.

Sincerely,
Sergeant Hoffman David.

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