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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: "GARRY M.REID" <antonius.riyadi@hyundaimobil.com>
Reply-To: "GARRY M.REID" <moses_r72@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 23:47:55 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: Greetings from WASHINGTON. DC



WASHINGTON. DC, MAY, 05 2012

Sir,
My name is Garry M. Reid, a member of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); It will interest you to know that I have nominated you as my beneficiary to receive USD$10,000,000 (Ten Million Dollars) which I want to donate for humanitarian services under your supervision.

My desire and purpose is to have you invest and or dispatch this US$10,000,000 to humanitarian organizations/ orphanage homes/ destitute children schools and hospitals in your country.

To certify the legitimacy of this message, I will want us to schedule a live one on one WEBCAM chat through SKYPE or MSN to enable us discusses the details of this transaction.
Please provide a SKYPE or MSN Messenger ID in a return mail and time to meet you online today or tomorrow.

My SKYPE ID is: garryreid48
MSN/YAHOO MESSENGER: garryreid48@msn.com

I wait for your urgent response.

Best regards.
GARRY M. REID
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations & Combating Terrorism
Pentagon, Washington DC, USA
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