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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: General Alexander Keith Brian <generaalexanderkeith@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:18:28 -0500
Subject: Urgent Please

General Alexander Keith Brian. Director,National Security Agency (DIRNSA) Chief,Central Security Service (CCSS) Commander,United States Command. Defence,superior Service S-3 Executive Officer,522ND MI Battalion,2nd Armored Division Greetings, Dear One Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I Came across your profile and have Decided to get in touch with you after my prayers to see if you can help me alleviate this problem. I can't imagine how you will feel receiving a sudden letter from a remote country far away and probably from someone you are not closely related with. But all the same, I believe we do not need to be of blood relatives before we can establish cordial relationship,This proposal might come to you as a surprise but believe me that it is a transparent proposal . I am General Keith B Alexander of USA , Director, National Security Agency (DIRNSA), Chief, Central Security Service (CCSS) and Commander, United States Cyber Command stationed in Afghanistan for the NATO peace keeping .as you know that all NATO peace keeping soldier in Afghanistan is being attacked by insurgents everyday ,few weeks ago we invaded the house of Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman Multimillion mansion in Marja the northern part of Afghanistan was invaded some troops which was commanded by me,discovered lots of ammunitions used for terrorism and rebellious act in their hide out ,later on we discover treasures worth over 500 million US dollars and was shared among us without turning it to the authority because we are the ones bearing the risk here.My own share of the Money is just $56 million United States Dollars . You may wonder the reason why i have contacted you, but is to help me safe keep the funds until my assignment is over. I am ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No strings attached, just for you to help me keep the funds when i succeed in moving it out of Afghanistan. Note, Afghanistan is a war zone, so i plan on using a secured means in shipping the money out as military cargo immediately the red cross take the box out from here and hand it over to a competent and reliable company to bring them over to you. Hope you will not betray this trust i plan to have on you ? When you receive this letter, kindly get back to me. This is risk free. With regards from, General Keith B Alexander Email:generaalexanderkeith@hotmail.com

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