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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: "SGT. IRVIN BROWN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgtirvinbrown124@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:22:26 -0700
Subject: RE: Please Confirm This Information !!!

READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY URGENTLY!
 
 
 
I'M SGT IRVIN BROWN, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, SERVING IN THE MILITARY
 
WITH THE ARMY 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION.
 
 
 
I HAVE A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR YOUR 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 EIGHT MILLION UNITED
 
STATES DOLLARS (US$8,000,000) TO YOU IN UNITED STATES, AS FAR AS I
 
CAN BE ASSURED THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE TILL I
 
COMEOVER
 
 
 
SOURCE OF MONEY:
SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WERE DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A
 
FARMHOUSE NEAR ONE OF SADDAM 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 BOTH OF 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 ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE ARE
 
COMING HOME 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 STATES. 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 HERE IN IRAQ. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG WE WILL REMAIN HERE AS
 
THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING VERY HARD TO BRING EVERYBODY HOME, MONTH
 
OF MAY WAS THE DEADLIEST MONTH FOR US OUT HERE. TOTALY, 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 TO SECURE THIS
 
MONEY.
 
 
 
I HONESTLY WANT THIS MATTER TO BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE
 
CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH MY PRIVATE E-MAILADDRESS WHICH
 
IS MY ONLY WAY OF COMMUNICATION FOR NOW (E-MAIL 
 
sgtirvinbrown124@yahoo.com.hk  )
 
 
 
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
 
 
 
 
SGT. IRVIN BROWN



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