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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: "frank smith" <fksmith964@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankjsmith1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:53:22 +0000
Subject: Respectfully

Hello Dear,

I 'm very sorry to interrupt your peace Since you're not expecting to
receive any mail from me. However, I was obliged to do so due to the
importance and urgency of the message. I crave your indulgence, and want to
reasure you that I mean well and that it is only for our mutual good. So
please don,t be embarrassed as this's the only way I could make contact to
you.

My name is Frank Smith,I am attached to the United Kingdom military. I 'm
writing this message from Ar-ramadi in Iraq. As we move around building up
F.O.B. around the western side of the country as well as missions into
Baghdad, with attacks by insurgents everyday and car bombs, we discoverd
certain funds suspected to belong to Saddam Hussein's family. We have moved
the money out of Iraq presetnly because of the situation since it's a war
zone although partially ended but the daily activities of suicide bombers
is frighteningly on the increase as you may know from the cnn daily reports
The funds was moved out diplomatically and now in Europe.I'm in need your
help as an individual or any company overseas whom I can confidently work
with I have not finished my assignment and cannot return to the UK now.

I have the honor to confide this information in you and to request for your
pleasure to assist in receiving and secure the money, pending our
retirement from service. You are therefore expected and advised to display
high degree of maturity,responsibility and understanding in handling this
information. I will give you all the details in my next mail when you have
indicated your interest and commitment to work with me towards securing the
money that was recovered. I will also tell you the amount and the process
to secure the funds when I hear from you.

I hope you will honor me too.I will come over to join you for sharing.
I eagerly await your positive response.

Respectfully,
Frank smith.

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