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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 <002@brents.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <sgtfrnkbrian1@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:46:40 +0530
Subject: GOOD DAY, I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANT

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/2

988455.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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