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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: Office File <gilberthassan1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: o.file97@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:44:13 +0000
Subject: We are waiting for your response.

--
Greeting my dear friend.

I am Captain Rodrick Ivy May from USA Military under North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) Presently Active Duty in Sana, Yemen
(Middle East, Asia), I am the commander group of NATO soldiers that
led a military offensive on the residence of Ex-President Laurent
Gbagbo in his bunker in the Ivory Coast civil uprising 2011.

At the heat of this operation, we discovered in his bunker, some
Metallic Trunk Box each containing a sum of ($26 million US dollars)
My group will want you to play an important role by accepting us to
transfer the Metallic Box to you in your country since we know that
you can use your company and give us the coverage that will keep the
money safe and you are some one we can build confidence on and when
the money is successfully transfered we can be able to ask for
retirement on health grounds and find our way to your country where we
shall buy houses and live the rest of our lives.

My dear friend we urgently need your cooperation in this transfer as
we have kept it long since the crises finished in 2011 and the former
President Laurent Gbagbo is in the International court of justice in
Hague awaiting trial. My group personally asked me to contact you
since you have the commercial capability after reading though your
profile in your country business directory. In order to make things
simple as we Millitary men used to do, My freind we are offerring you
25% of the amount involved once you get the money in your country. we
believe in secrecy, Awaiting your comments, Captain Rodrick Ivy May.

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