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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: Sgt M.Brickks <sgt_q8@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: sgt_q7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:03:27 +0400
Subject: Sgt M.Brickks


From Sgt M.Brickks
Good Day, I hope my email meets you well.
I am in need of your assistance. My name is Sgt M.Brickks Jr, I am in the Engineering military unit here in Ba'qubah in Iraq.
We have about $18.8 Million US dollars (Eighteen million,eight hundred thousand US dollars) that we want to move out of the country.
I need a good partner, someone we can trust because It is a top confidential transaction and we are moving it through diplomatic means to send it out from here completely using diplomatic courier service with the help of the finance firm where it is presently deposited.
The most important thing is that can we trust you once the funds get to you?,
Your own part of this deal is to act as the foreign beneficiary to sign and receive the fund on our behalf and our own part is sending it to you.
We have agreed to give you 30% of the total fund for helping us and additional 5% for any expenses which you might incur as a result of this transaction including all sundry expenses.
If you are interested I will furnish you with more details but the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times and top secret.
The fund at present is under the custody of a finance company security vault and I want a straight answer from you if you will be interested to make his deal successful for us, you respond and send to me your name, address and phone number.
I look forward to your reply and co-operation and I thank you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation.Email:(sgt_q7@yahoo.co.uk)
Regards,
Sgt M.Brickks

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