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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: Webster Randy <webster.randy9@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:04:15 -0400
Subject: hello



I came by your office around August last year for your services but you where not around and I manage to get your email address to contact you but I have been very busy since then and I will like to schedule a possible time to meet with you for private discussion. I have a very important business deal to discuss with you, I personally don't feel comfortable discussing such sensitive business deal over the email and that was the main reason why I emailed you again to schedule a possible meeting date for us to meet for further discussion.




I have a risk free business deal that will make you around $6million, I presently work with the CIA and am sure you are familiar with the David Petraeus Scandal(The formal CIA Director that was forced to resign in November 2012), shortly after his resignation I was among the team that was assign to investigate him and during that process I was able to discover that he has several Foreign Bond Accounts in different names that worth over $200million in total, rather to report it I secretly confronted him with the intention of benefiting from it and he agreed to pay me with one of the Bond Account that worth $21million of which I consider as a good offer for me to end the investigation. The reason why I came to your office to discuss this deal with you was that the Bond Account he gave me is registered under a name that matches your name and since I was in your office area around August 2014 for official assignment, I decided to do a local search of people with that same name before I came across yours and I decided to visit you to discuss it with you in person as I believe it will be more understanding than emailing.




All the investigation on David Petraeus has now been officially closed and this is the right time for me to cash out the bond account and the reason why am contacting you is because I need your help since the name on the Bond matches yours and am willing to offer you $6million from it for your help, This business deal will NOT in anyway cost you a cent of your money and I will provide you with all the bond account details. Bond account transaction is usually private and it can't be traced, I would have handle this deal on my own without any help but my assignments and also since the bond account is under a name that matches your name was the only reason why I decide that it will be wise for me to seek for help.




If you are interested in assisting I will provide you with more details, including the details of the financial company and how we can conclude this transaction successfully without any problem in few days.




I understand that this may sound like a strange request but I believe it will benefit us both at the end of it, please contact me directly on my private email address:websterrandy@usa.com




I will be looking forward hearing from you.






Webster Randy

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