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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. Gerald Hendricks" <sgtgeraldhendricks3r6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <sgtgeraldhendricks3rd@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:47:57 +0000
Subject: Hello dear



Hello dear



My name is (staff Sgt.) Gerald Hendricks, I am an American soldier, serving in the Military

with the army's 3rd infantry division. I have a very desperate need for assistance and have

summed up courage to contact you.

I found your contact particulars in an address journal and I am seeking your kind assistance

to move the sum of Fifteen million United States dollars (us$15,000,000) to you in your

country, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete

my service here.



Source of money: Some money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a Farm house

near one of saddam’s old palaces in tikrit-iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed

by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be shared between us before

informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first.



This was quite an illegal thing to do, but i tell you what! no compensation can make up for

the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole, of which my brother in-law was

killed by a road side bomb last time. The above figure was given to me as my share, and to

conceal this kind of money became a problem for me but with the help of a British contact

working here and with his office enjoying some immunity, i was able to get the package out to

a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the

package, and believes that it belongs to a British American medical doctor who died in a raid

here in Iraq, And before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in

united state.



I have now found a very secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to you at home for you

to pick up, and i will discuss this with you when i am sure that you are willing to assist me

and that my money will be well secured in your hand. I want you to tell me how much you will

take from this money for the assistance you will give to me.



One Passionate appeal i will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should

you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage

of this information will be too bad for the u.s. soldier's here in Iraq. I do not know how

long we will remain here; month of May was the deadliest month for us out here. Totally, we

lost 127 men and i have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide Bomb attacks by the

special grace of god.


This and other reasons i will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help.I honestly

want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon as possible.



May god bless you and your family



Sgt. Gerald Hendricks.


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