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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: Robert Karl <info@usarmy.org>
Reply-To: sgt.robertkarl@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:05:53 +0100
Subject: Re: Thanks for your Update.

Dear Friend,

Thanks for your mail and for accepting my offer. I apologize for my late reply;it's due to my duty here. Since your last email to me on the month of August, I couldn't reply back because my troops were camping at the road to the Turkmenistan border, Afghanistan that makes it difficult for me to check my mail.

I am ready now to transfer the money to your Bank Account as agreed . All I need is your correct BANK ACCOUNT Details to enable me start transferring the funds immediately including Your mobile contact PHONE NUMBER for easy communication as I cannot leave Afghanistan because of the nature of my work.

I will transfer the Money through HSBC Bank for they do International Transfer. I will not transfer the $9,500,000.00 at once to your Bank Account, I will be transferring the fund Bit by Bit $200,000 per each transfer for security reasons . I will inform you on what to do when i finally transferred the money into your Bank Account.

Please do not disclose this deal to anybody as to protect my duty. I attached my picture and picture of the Money for your confirmation and documentation.

Remember, your share still remains the same 20% out of the total $9,500,000.00 { Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only } .

Waiting for your quick response including your correct bank account details to enable me proceed on the transfer.


Best Regard,

Sergeant Robert Karl

US Army Peacekeeping,
Army Infantry Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, was in the Kirkuk
area of Afghanistan

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