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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. Frank Brian" <ford23@seever.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <sgtfrankjbrian@lv9.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:42:47 +0530
Subject: Confidential!!

Good day.

I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you through this means for a business transaction of this magnitude. I am contacting you via EMAIL because I want this message you receive to be confidential and official. For this reasons, I want our communication to be basically through email for now.

I am Sgt. Frank Brian, A US Army who was in the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq during the Saddam Hussein invasion and i was later deployed to Afghanistan. Now in United Kingdom for treatment. I want you to read this mail carefully and understand it .

In 2003, my men and I found over $900 million in Saddam Hussein's hideout in Baghdad, we sent some back to the Iraq government after counting it in a classified location, but we also kept some behind for ourselves. Some of the money we shared among ourselves worth over $200 million,I kept my own share for a while in a secured place. I need someone who can help me to receive my own share of the amount, since i have found a secured way of getting the package out of Iraq for you to pick up through the help of a Red Cross Society or pilots that enjoy some immunity with us while in we were Iraq .

I do not know for how long I will remain here in the hospital as I have been lucky to survive 3 suicide bomb attacks by Afghanistan Taliban Militants, i know this was Pure Divine intervention from God for me to be alive till this moment .

I need someone I can trust, since i have already lost a box of gold to someone that said he will help me, I won't like to make the same mistake. The total amount of money is $10,000.000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars ), i am ready to entrust it in your care till i complete my treatment here in United Kingdom and meet with you for subsequent sharing and investment projects such as real estate investments.

You will find the story of this money on the web address below. After we have summit the remaining part of the fund to American Government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

I want to invest in Real Estate in your country. If you can handle this deal, please let me know immediately, you will receive 20% of the money, all you need to do is to find a safe place where you can keep the box till i finish my treatment here in United Kingdom.

Please help me and God bless you.

Regards,
Sgt Frank Brian

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