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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: "Major Susan Robinson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <susan.robinnson@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 03:26:03 -0700
Subject: FROM MAJOR SUSAN ROBINSON

Dear Friend,
 
Thank you for taking your time to read this mail. I am among the American soldiers presently retained in Afghanistan. I served in the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad Iraq and now serving in Afghanistan. While I was still serving in Iraq my 15 years old son and only child was shot and killed back home by gangsters while I was away serving my country in Iraq and up till now the criminals has not been brought to justice. I put my life on the line daily to help protect others yet my son is brutally murdered for no fault of his and no one cares. I was so devastated and felt betrayed that I agreed to participate in an oil deal with some of my colleagues.
 
 
I made $12.6 million cash as my share from the crude oil deal. I know it was against the Army regulation but I just didn't care anymore. Now am looking for a way to move the money away from where is stored because I know I cant hide such amount of cash forever.  I am seeking for your consent to help me receive this money and guide me on how to invest it. It is my wish to invest in real estate and any other profitable sector you may recommend. I will solely rely on you for advice in the right sector to invest in.
 
 
I have the money stored at the vaults of a Private Security Company (PSC) working for the Red Cross as medical material belonging to the Red Cross under a special arrangement between me and a Red Cross official. I need to urgently move the fund out of here because our mission here will be ending soon. For some reason I cannot move this money to the United States, so I need someone I could trust that can help me receive the fund. If you accept, I will transfer the money to you where you will be the beneficiary and help me in the right investment ideas.
 
 
As a soldier and an intelligence officer for that matter I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier method. I just need your acceptance and all is done. For your honest assistance I will give to you 20% of the sum which is about $2.52 million and the remaining 80% is for me, this is after the deduction of the cost of purchasing your property. Frankly I have no intention of living in the States ever again after I am discharged from the army by November this year, this why I seriously need a property.
 
If you are interested in this transaction I will give you the complete details and relevant documents you will need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. Please understand that I cannot do this transaction with someone that is related to me or friends back home. I believe I can trust you. This transaction has to be kept confidential and must not be discussed with any person. My assurance to you is that the transaction will not in any way pose any risk or contravene any law. I am more interested in investing majorly in real estate and any other businesses that could bring good Returns on Investment (RoI)
 
If you are interested to work with me, please give me your
 
Full names:
Address: 
Direct Telephone contact:
Scanned copy of your ID.
 
I need the above listed info so that I can link you up with the right officials of the PSC where the money is currently in safe keeping. I will also use the info to effect changes on the necessary documents that will empower you receive the funds on my behalf. Your ID is required for the Security Company officials to recognise and confirm you when they make physical cantact with you. It is unfortunate that I may not be able to communicate with you through telephone because we are not allowed to use our private phones here; every call must be through the Base communication center which I know is secured but not very private. However if you are not interested please delete this email. If after sometime there is no reply from you, I will then search for someone else.
 
Regards,
 
Major Susan Robinson

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