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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: "Gen. Ray O." <army_ghjhghg@aol.fr>
Reply-To: general4thray@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 19:07:04 +0100
Subject: With Trust


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From: Gen.Ray.
For Your Attention

I know you will be skeptical to reply my email base on what is happening on the internet world today. One has to be very careful as scam has taken over the internet today to defraud innocent citizens and this has made it very difficult for people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is a different case.

I got your contact from your Email domain hence the desire to contact you for good collaboration for this project of mine. If you are honest and can be trusted, I think we can work with together on this project. I am an American and you should be rest assured that I cannot be involved in scam in any way.

I am Gen.Ray Odierno, an officer in the US Army; i am one of the US Army deployed to Iraq in the beginning of the war in 2003 and now presently serving in the Military with the 4th Infantry Division Peace keeping force in Baghdad, Iraq. I am on the movement list to Afghanistan from Iraq as the last batch just left, and i really need your help in assisting me with the safe keeping of the money which was moved to a private Security Company from Iraq. I hope you can be trusted?

Though, I would like to hold back some information for security reasons for now until you have found time to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have an insight of what I intend sharing with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest one-way or the other.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
http://www.jonathanforeman.com/military/nyp_iraq/04192003_chest.html

I wait to hear from you having visited the above website to enable us discuss in a more clarifying manner to the best of your understanding. I must say that I am very uncomfortable sending this message to you without knowing truly if you would misconstrue the importance and decides to go public. In this regards, I will not hold back to say that the essence of this message is strictly for mutual benefit between you and I and nothing more.

I will be vivid and coherent in my next message. meanwhile, could you send me an email confirming that you have visited the site and that you have understood my intentions.

Best Regards
Gen.Ray.


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