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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: "Robert B. Abrams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rabrams67@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:41:45 -0600
Subject: Re: Very Confidential - Reply urgently

Greetings to you,

How are you doing and how is your family? I am Gen. Robert B. Abrams a us army. presently stationed here in Afghanistan for NATO peace keeping mission. I have contacted you to discuss something very confidential with you.
My troop and I have just stumbled on the Al Querida's second in command mull-ti million dollars castle in the middle of a forest close to the eastern Marja when we invaded the building all the insurgent escaped then we got full entrance to that mansion. There was lots of treasure in that building different kind of weapons you can't even find in some US barracks all in that mansion but in one of the secret room we discovered sum amount of money worth $98 million USD which we decide to share among us as i talk to you now I have $11.8 million USD as my share which I have secretly packaged in my personal luggage I want to send it out immediately before we change base. I wish to make you the beneficiary so you can keep them for me until I sign out from this mission. I will like us to invest it into charity to help the poor when I return home, for your help I am offering you 20% of the total sum but please don't betray me. I will make an urgent arrangement with the U.N Red Cross Captain who brings our exchange m
will declare that I have a personal item so no one will open the boxes because is properly locked with codes except I give them out to you, no one can access it. You will help me secure them and safely keep them until my assignment is over. I want to trust you, we will be everlasting friends when I return home, I will visit you as soon as possible so we can disburse the money gradually into the investment and have a good retirement, don't discuss this with anyone for security purpose and for the sake of my appointment with the US Army. I want you to give me your home address, direct phone number, and your Full name and occupation, so as am handling over the boxes to my agent in Red cross, I will be giving them your contacts for them to make entry at any security company that they will hand the packages over to for safety and final delivery to you or collection by you.

I wait your urgent responds to this mail.


Gods speed to you.
Robert B. Abrams

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