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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: "Gen. Charles Jacoby" <gencharlesjacoby11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:02:11 +0000
Subject: Hello My good friend ,

Hello My good friend ,

It is my pleasure meeting you, I hope all is well with you and how are you
enjoying your day? My name is Charles H. Jacoby, However, I really want to
establish a true relationship with you and even to have a business
partnership as well.

I am US military officer currently in Afghanistan, and i will like to get
you acquainted because I am a honest person with a good sense of humor, I
enjoy meeting and sharing views with people and also knowing their way of
life, I also enjoy watching the sea waves and the beauty of the mountains
and everything that nature has to offer.

My friend , I want you to know the problems we are facing here in
Afghanistan as we are being attacked everyday by insurgents and car bomb
explosion, but during our rescue mission we came across a safe box that
contain huge amount of money that belongs to the supporters of the
overthrow government of Afghanistan, which I believe was money meant for
importation of weapons and ammunition, and it was agreed by my Army
officers troop present to share the money among us and which we did.

My share is $4,560,000 ( Four Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand
united states Dollars ) which was shipped to BANK OF AFRICA Burkina Faso
(West Africa) and I am seeking your assurance and assistance to secure my
share of the money out of the country for safe keeping on my behalf and
investment project once i am done with my work here as General.

If you can be trusted, I will really want you to assure me that if this
money gets to you in your account that you will not disappoint me, until
when I will come to your country to collect the money from you. And I have
decided to compensate you with 25% of the total money once you received the
money, while the rest balance shall be for my investment capital there I
would also want you to know that i have made a solid arrangements with the
director of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A), they have promised to corporate and
transfer the funds to any of my choosing destination.

This transfer is going to be bank to bank transfer legally by the bank
director (B.O.A) and there will not be any form of risk involved during the
process and the money will be transferred directly to your bank account
which will not take more than 48hours to be confirmed in your account.

Meanwhile; I do not know how long we going to remain here because we are
here for peace keeping and my fate since I have survived two bomb attack
here, which prompted me to search out for a reliable and trustworthy person
to help me receive and invest the Fund, because I will be coming over to
your country to invest and start a new life not as a soldier anymore.

I hope my explanation is very clear but in case of any question, please
feel free to ask via email only because we are not allowed to make use of
mobile phones, we only make use of radio messages.

I wait for your immediate reply.

Gen.Charles H.Jacoby
Email, gencharlesjacoby11@gmail.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Jacoby_Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vÈcJgw8Q8V8

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