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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: "John Clifford" <duty1124@usa-soldiers.com>
Reply-To: duty1124@usa-soldier.com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:27:47 +0300
Subject: Urgent Message with Vital information from United States Of America..


Dear Friend,
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Due to a lot of internet Fraud people have nursed fear to do online bus=
iness that is real because of fear of dealing with the wrong people, I want=
to tell you that this mail is not one of them, can I trust you also to do =
this Business? Trust you are doing good? Stay proud!!! Stay safe!!!, take a=
ll precautions matures to avoid COVID 19 infection. Please carefully read m=
y mail, and I will give you prove that will show you reality of myself. Am =
John Clifford, 45 years old, from Austin Texas, United States of America I =
lived in the Military Cantonment in Houston Texas, I completed my training =
program and physical education course at Fort bliss, command Texas United S=
tate of America. It is the largest installation in FORSCOM United State Arm=
y forces command and second largest in the Army overall. I am a 2nd lieuten=
ant and Protocol officer. Am well trained in combat and infantry. I had a t=
ough childhood. I lost my parents when I was very little, and am the only s=
on and only child. I never knew m
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Am on Peace keeping force deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan from Iraq. Can you=
be trusted? If you are current, you might have heard the world breaking ne=
ws in Iraq some time ago, about the US ARMY stormed a place and made this d=
iscovery which was handed over to the USA heads, till today nobody gave acc=
ount of it,similar thing just happen on our duty .
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You can read more about it here:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
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I have to attach my Pictures to prove what I am about to tell you, please=
keep everything secret. Last time we went for inspection in terrorist hid =
out, we discover bags fill with US DOLLARS and other currency, me and my gr=
oup returned it back to the base camp, our heads, told us that they will re=
port it to the proper office for investigation and up to date we did not he=
ar anything about the money again, and I feel they must have shared it amon=
g themselves.
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After the next day I went to take records of other items in the trucks di=
scovered from the terrorist hid out, I noticed there was another bag right =
inside the Truck tanker side, I said glory be to God, I took the bag, and h=
id it in a safe place, after some couple of days, I decided to count the mo=
ney in my room it was huge amount $ 12.6 Million US Dollars, I decided not =
to take the money to the bass office as I know that the superiors will shar=
e it themselves as well. Now my consign is your trust, can I rely on you? I=
f you will assure me, your honesty, sincerity, I will make plans how to mov=
e it out from Afghanistan to your address as a Military family valuable, wh=
ich I will obtain the documents with Tag, accompanied with the United Natio=
n Tag (UN) Tag=E2=80=9D to cover it up as Military Non Inspection Family Va=
luable Tag (M.N.I.F.V.T). With this document and the tags on the box no aut=
hority, person or persons will tamper to open the box. The arrival of the c=
onsignment box to your address is 100% assured duri
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Once again please keep this very confidential, and if you are interested an=
d assure me your Sincerity.
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Get back to me on my private email : duty1124@usa-soldier.com
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I await your immediate response to enable us proceed.
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Respectfully,
John Clifford

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