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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: "Brig. Gen. Laura J. Richardson." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <briggenlaura.jrichardson@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:05:10 -0700
Subject: Hello.

My Dear,
 
How are you doing today? after going through your profile on the site, it says well of you so i thought i should let you read this mail of mine. If we can do this business transaction together, please i await to read from you after you have gone through this mail. I hope you are a great, honest, kind, caring and GOD fearing man, let this message not surprise you, i am contacting you due to the problem, the United State military is facing now, the US government is against such business deal, so am contacting you, If you are interested to assist me in this regards, kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details on how to proceed.
 
Needless to say that I will compensate you handsomely. I am Brig. Gen. Laura J. Richardson from the United States, I am presently in Afghanistan. I acquired $26.5 million USD from an oil business we did with some Iraqi citizen’s, $26.5 million stated is my share on the business and it’s completely legal. Now my government is against all such contracts done by any military officer serving and is setting up a panel of investigation to confiscate funds resulting from all contract done by any military officer.
 
I need to know you well and trust you to assist me in receiving this fund from the diplomatic company in China where the United Nation deposited my consignment trunk box as a family treasure. This is because i don't want the united nations officers or the diplomatic company in China to understand that it is funds that is inside the 2 metabolic box, that have code numbers.
 
All arrangement to bring out the consignment boxes from China has being concluded with a United Nations diplomatic agent officer in charge. All I want you to do is to receive the fund since I cannot receive it directly due to my status and duty. I am offering you 30% of the total sum for your assistant, 5% will be for expenses encored during the transaction. Your own part is to stand as my beneficiary to receive the fund in your custody before our meeting when am out from the camp here in Kabul, I will furnish you with more details.
 
But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times, one other thing i would like to assure you is that there is no risk involved in this deal, all you have to do is follow the instructions given to you, i look forward to hearing from you soon. My private email is :briggenlaura.jrichardson@aol.com
 
Thanks for your understanding.
Brig. Gen. Laura J. Richardson.

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