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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: "Lt Col Cristhian Pereira" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ltcolcristhian03@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 15:55:11 -0700
Subject: I need your urgent advice help please urgently reply

My dear Sir / Madam,

I wish to apply for your co-operation to secure an opportunity to invest in your company to do joint business with you and my family in your country.I have a substantial capital i honourably intend to invest with you into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise,I am Lieutenant Colonel Cristhian Pereira,I am a U.S Army Delta Force stationed in Afghanistan for peace keeping ? i am very happy to have you as my business partner, though i tried all i can to write to you before now, but we arrives late from rescuing victims from bomb attack and i get very tired, dear it was so horrible, only Two suicide the car bombs that exploded in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul, killing many people and many wounded. A security official said to us that the cars were queuing to enter the Green Zone when they exploded.

Dearie it was so horrible, only two suicide the car bombs that exploded in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul, killing many people and many wounded. A security official said to us that the cars were queuing to enter the Green Zone when they exploded

Afghanistan and some American soldiers were among the casualties the heavily fortified Green Zone houses many foreign embassies and Afghanistan government offices, Violence in Afghanistan has dropped significantly from the height of the insurgency, but almost daily shootings and killings still continue.


Dearie it was terrible, something happened when we went for rescue mission operation, which I seriously need your advice and your assistant in this whole issue


When we went to rescue operation at a place where there was a bomb blast by terrorists that killed at least 35 peoples and many wounded and when we got there with my troops


I found all the dead bodies and we called ambulance and our Afghanistan counterparts to come over and take the body's to the hospital and Mortuary


Then on my checking along i found a box in one of the car park near the place and when I opened it I found out that it was filled with huge sum of money

The money contained in the box was total of $20. 800,000 and we have shared the money between three of the senior officers,My share is $6,933,333 and my share is still with me here where I kept it for safe keeping.


for now i have lost my parents both died when i was in the army which i was very sad that the world has turn on me later i realized that God gives and he takes away

I want to inform you about this incident because other of my colleagues have made arrangement to send their own share through their husbands/wife and since i do not have a husband or anybody I have decided to inform you since you are the only person i have now who can advise me and help me to handle this kind of situation


I need your advice so that I will send this box to you, through (UN POSTMAN COURIER SERVICE), and the package will be delivered to you in person in your country for invest with you into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise


i don't come online any time because i am in a War zone,please kindly send to me this information below to enable register the package with (UNITED NATION SHIPPING COURIER & DELIVERY SERVICE) in your name

1; your full name
2; your full house address
3; your mobile telephone number
4; your profession and position
5; Passport/ID Card photo copy


I will be waiting for your positive reply to enable me precede and dispatch the package to you immediately without any more delay

I wait for your urgent reply

Lt Col Cristhian Pereira

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