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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: Captain james Matins <landonchristophe52@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:43:38 +0000
Subject: From Captain james Matins Attn,

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From Captain james Matins Attn,
May this mail find you well.

I am Captain John M David of the US Marine. I am currently in Iraq as
an Advisory to the Iraq Military on fight against ISIL Terrorits.

During the fight to retake the Mosul Dam, we discovered the sum of
USD$ 9.200.000.00 stocked in a box which I have moved to a secret
location. I will like to move this money as quickly as possible to you
for business purpose. Only if I can trust you.

any way I am willing to settle you with 30% of the total sum.You will
advice me on the business to invest in since I am not business
oriented. I want to move this money to your destination for you to
safe keep it for me until am out of Iraq,

I believe I can trust you. Presently we can only communicate through
our military communication facilities which are secured so nobody can
monitor our emails,I will only reach you through email, because our
calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing
with.
I wait for your response so we can proceed immediately because In less
than 5 days the money should be in your safe custody.

Please get back to me so that we can discuss on the way forward.

Best Regards,

Captain james Matins

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