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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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Fraud email example:

From: Robert SEAN <sean_robert10@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <sgt_sean@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:54:13 +0100
Subject: Good day my friend.




Hello My Friend

Please treat this with extreme importance and urgency it requires. My name is Robert Sean I am an American soldier, serving in the military with the Third infantry Division in Iraq. Three years ago, we discovered some huge amount of money in Baghdad neighbourhood belonging to Saddam Hussein I smuggled some part of these funds in two trunks boxes out of Baghdad through the help of our Contractual Casual Staff working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Baghdad, which is being kept safe in a Solid Security Company in Europe. You can go to this web link to read about events that took place here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Basically, am writing to you due to the situation I found myself with serious Lung Cancer and can not return back to America again because I was among the five US soldiers questioned by military officials after some of that money was allegedly stolen, as I have absconded from US military and am now in Sick Bed in Monaco without hope of surviving the Sickness. Few Days ago a Priest from the Vatican came to the sick bed to pray for the sick ones in which I narrated my past to him inorder to have forgiveness of sins from the Almighty God for human killing I encounter during war at Iraq. The priest adviced me that if I really want to have peace with God that I should return the funds to the Irakis or otherwise donate all the money to the poor through the Charity Organisation in the world. I have decided and chosen to donate the funds to the Poor through any Charity Organisation as was adviced by the Priest from the Vatican.Due to my health problem which is geting worse recently, I solicit your help to carry out this Humanitarian work by helping me to generate this money to the poor through the Charity Organisation in the world of your choice. I would like you to retrieve the two boxes containing the funds from the Security Company in Europe on my behalf and donate to the Poor. Each Box contained ($6,000.000.00) Six Million United States Dollars. I do not want any money from this funds rather than donating it to the poor as was adviced by the priest from Vatican so that I can have forgiveness of sin from the God Almighty. In honesty, after claiming these two trunk boxes from security company in Europe, you shall have 30% of the total funds, disburse 70% to Four Reliable Charity Organisations of your choice on planet Earth.

My watch word is to trust you and ensure confidentiality, when you receive this letter, kindly reply to tell me the possible way for you to receive this fund so that I can send to you all the necessary documents and certificate of deposit with the Security Company in Europe that will enable you freely lay claim on this fund on my behalf and generate to the poor accordingly.

Truly Yours,
Sgt. Roberts Sean.email: sgt_sean@yahoo.fr

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