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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: Derick Frazier <derickf5050@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 04:00:57 -0700
Subject: It is my pleasure

Greetings,

Hope this emails finds you in good health. Please permit me to
introduce myself as Col. Derick Frazier, I am a United States Army
Officer, currently stationed in Afghanistan on peace-keeping against
the war going on in the middle east. Actually this may not be a
conventional way to contact you pertaining to the objectives and
content of this mail. But I suggest you read this thoroughly and get
back to me as this could be a great opportunity to riches for both of
us I can assure that.

It is my pleasure to inform you that I have in my possession a total
sum of $10.5 Million USD (Ten million Five hundred thousand United
States Dollars). These funds were realized by my team from series of
raids against the Taliban in their hideouts where millions of dollars
and ammunition were hidden in bunkers. Now based on the American
legislative decision on withdrawing military troops from here, I have
decided to get the funds transferred immediately and that is why I am
contacting you. So to say, I have an urgent need to transfer and
invest these funds into real estate business or any other lucrative
business for me in your country. As a matter of fact, I have been
searching for a reliable and trustworthy person that will receive the
fund whenever it is transferred from here.

So if you will be very sincere with me in handling and investing the
fund following my directives, I will give you more information on how
we can proceed. I have already made every necessary arrangements to
transfer the fund through diplomatic courier means by air with the UN
Red Cross jet. I have already made concrete arrangement for this and
will also obtain necessary legal documents to back up this transaction
to any level, so neither you nor I will have nothing to worry about.

The war and the tension in the middle east is getting tougher. And I
will like to get the fund moved out from here as soon as possible.
At the end of this transaction, you will receive 30% of the total fund
as your share for assisting me while 70% will be for me. I am also
willing to donate 10% of the fund to charity organizations as to help
the poor. So if you are interested, get back to me by email
(derick.frazier@yandex.com) quickly so I can let you have more
details. I can as well allow you some time to think about this deal if
you need be but I can't wait for too long as I am running out of time.
Lastly, let this deal remain highly confidential between only you and
I for security reasons. But if you have questions or suggestions, let
me know.

Kindly get back to me by my private email:derick.frazier@yandex.com

Sincerely,

Col. Derick Frazier

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