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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: HENSHAW WEAR <rs5753338@gmail.com>
Reply-To: staffsergeanthenshaw.wear@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 01:36:59 +0700
Subject: JOINT INVESTMENT PLAN


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Greetings Dear,

I quite understand that you may not actually know me but got your contact
data in the address journal as I was searching for somebody to invest with
in your country and having gone through your profile I then decided to
confine this truth with you.

The secret behind my sudden contact with you was based that some money in
various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of
Gadhafi’s son old palaces in Libya during a rescue operation, and it was
agreed by staff Sgt. David buff and I that some part of this money be
shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us
saw the money first considering that no military compensation can be of
better value for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole.

The figure about $15.3m (Fifteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand USD) was
given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem
for me, so I carefully packaged and sealed it properly and with the help
of a British contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was
able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot
having told him it is medical photographic laboratory materials belonging
to a British/American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Libya, and
before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in
united states and he believed me knowing fully the environment in Libya.

Now I have decided to use you if you are willing to assist me in this
matter to collect the money from the security company as the money has been
packed and declared by me as photographic x ray materials as it was
carefully arranged in US$100 Bills.

Therefore, kindly provide me with the following information for submission
to the carrier company as I do not have time here to run this affairs’,
hence I have decided to entrust everything to your care so that we shall
jointly use it for investment into real estate’s/hotels or any profitable
investment as you may choose.

Will give you more detail information if you indicate your interest to
secure it.

Thanking you,

Sgt. Henshaw Wear

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