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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: J.Arroyo <kennedybrown372@saonline.4t.com>
Reply-To: genarroyojorge@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:23:24 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam!!! I am the confidant of the Ex-President of the Ecuador.


Dear Sir/Madam
I am the confidant of the Ex-President of the Ecuador (President Lucio
Gutierrez) who was recently removed from power and presently granted
political asylum in Brazil with strict instruction not to leave Brazil. You
can see link below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm
He has secretly informed me to seek for a genuine and kind hearted person
who will be able to claim and invest the sum of $43.5Million United States
Dollars which he had secretly deposited with a private financial
organization in before the incident that resulted in his fleeing for asylum.
The new Government is trying all efforts to seize all funds that belong to
the former President Lucio Gutierrez. Your assistance in now needed to lay
claim to this funds since it was deposited in the name of a "Foreign
Partner" Fictitious. I personally will not be able to handle such
transaction now since I am still a serving officer in the country's army but
as a confidant of the former President Lucio Gutierrez, I am ready to help
him seek for help.
I request that you provide me with your full names, contact address,
occupation telephone and fax numbers and once this information is received I
will provide you with the necessary and relevant documents that will put you
in place as the original owner of the money. Mr. Lucio has already
instructed that 85% of this money will be for him while the remaining 15%
will be for you and I can assure that the transaction is risk free. Upon
your response, I will introduce you to an attorney who will provide you with
guidelines and assistance too. For now I will suggest that all
correspondence should be via Email for purely security reasons and no doubt
this proposal will make you apprehensive.
Please, I employ you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we
shall require your assistance to invest our share in your country.
Your timely response will be awaited via Email
Regards,
Gen. Jorge Arroyo.

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