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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: "Rodney Martins" <admin@virtmaster.ru>
Reply-To: rodneymartins@iname.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 02:38:27 +0300
Subject: PLEASE I AWAITS YOUR AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSE




Hello,

I am sending this mail for the second time to you and I don’t know if you
received the first mail I sent to you.
I am Sgt. Rodney Martins, a US Marine Sgt. Serving in the 1st Battalion,
6th Marine Regiment. I am presently in Afghanistan. I have summoned up
courage to contact you for an assistance to evacuate some cash eighteen
million dollars (18,000,000.00) to the States or any safe country.

SOURCE OF MONEY:

Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels
with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of the Taliban
Caves during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present
that the money will be shared among us.

Please We need to talk,I will provide you with more details upon the
receipt of your affirmative response. Please, kindly confirm if you are
still using this e-mail address by responding back to me via my private
email ( sgtrodneymartins@gmail.com ) for the details you need to know.

Waiting for your immediate confirmation

Respectfully,

Sgt. Rodney Martins
United States Marine Corps

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