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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: stephane Pyros <stephane@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: stephanepyros02@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:50:34 -0600
Subject: Hello

Hello,
I know this may come as a surprise to you but kindly go through my massage and decide on your interest.I am
 
Capt. Stephane Pyros,an American Marine soldier with Swiss  background, serving here in Iraq with the army 3rd
 
infantry division, With a very desperate need for your assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you.
Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states,mostly the United states and the European Union on the
 
war against terrorism.I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ( $ 5 million US dollars ) Five
 
million united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that you will help me invest it in your
 
country until I complete my service here in Iraq.This money was found by we the US Marine force at a raid in
 
one of our Prisoners here in Iraq and when we counted the money,it was (65 Million US Dollars),so i and my
 
superior decided to take some part of the money as our share and the rest,we brought to live and was broadcast
 
ed on the news by the US Marine force which i was the one who talked on TV.
Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck.It happened that i went for this raid with
 
the men in my unit and we decided to take it as our share for our stress here in this evil land filled with
 
suicide bombers.My own share of the money was 5million USD.
This said amount was given to me as my share but to conceal such amount of money became a problem for me, so i
 
found a more secure way of getting the money out of Iraq to a safer place in Europe for you to pick by
 
diplomatic means because Iraq is a war zone and I'll discuss this with you later.This is my main reason of
 
contacting you. i want to invest this money in your Country on stocks and real estate.I cannot move this money
 
to the United states because i will like to be in your for about 3years and will want to invest it there with
 
my wife who will be relocating with me,so i need someone i could trust..I decided to find someone that is real
 
and not imaginary,that is why i contacted you.
 
The only role you are to play is for you to receive the money and then secure it for me for sometime and also
 
you help me make contact of how i will invest the money on real estates and stocks in your country.I hope you
 
can do this for me and i can trust you that you will help me invest the money there in your country.I have 100%
 
security and power to guide you when you are on work.
 
If you accept,you will then pick up the money by means of Courier Delivery or Diplomatic Delivery depending on
 
the one that suits you.I want you to know that you will be the beneficiary of the funds because i am a
 
uniformed person and i cannot be parading such an amount so i need to present someone as the beneficiary.I am
 
an American and an intelligence officer for that so i have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money
 
through diplomatic courier service to you.I just need your acceptance and all is done.
Please if you are interested in this transaction i will give to you the complete details you need for us to
 
carry out this transaction successfully.I believe i can trust you. where we are now we can only communicate
 
through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our discussions,then i can
 
explain in details to you.I will also reach you through email for proper security .I just have to be sure whom
 
i am dealing with.
If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so i can call you for further inquiries when i
 
am out of our military network.I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not
 
reply to this email and please delete this message,if no response after 3days i will then search for someone
 
else.
I am doing this on trust,you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert i will
 
always play safe and based on the level of international Politics i have played,i have all the necessary
 
connections for you to receive the money.Please your role here is for you to help me secure the funds and help
 
me invest the money on stocks and real estates in your country.I hope i can trust because i don't know you
 
before.(5 Million USD is a huge amount which is the dream of anyone.I shall give you any information you need
 
just to prove my honesty and trust in this deal.Stories like this are hard to believe but i must inform you
 
that 70% of the World Richest Men got their money from such deals.Please you must keep this deal top secrete in
 
order for both of us to be safe and also to guarantee maximum security.
 
I wait for your contact details so we can go on.In less than 7days the money should have been delivered to you
 
in your country and i will come over to meet you on how far you have gone with the Investment.I will give to
 
you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me.I hope i am been fair on this deal. You can reach me on my email address
 
which is stephanepyros02@gmail.com
Regards,
Capt.Stephane 
 
 

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