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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: Harry <walmir@ufrnet.br>
Reply-To: Harry <wesleycoolguy1@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 10:19:46 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Hello Dear

I really want to establish a true relationship that may lead into a business partner or something else. My name is (Harry), Am single.never married. I do understand how you feel getting an email from a stranger, believe me i mean know harm, i know is an absurd thing to do,i apologize for being an intruder and i seek for your forgiveness. I am a US military officer currently in Syria,and i will like to get acquainted with you, I am loving, honest and caring person with a good sense of humor, I enjoy meeting new people and knowing their way of life, I enjoy watching the sea waves and the beauty of the mountains and everything that nature has to offer. My dear, i want you to know that we are being attacked by insurgents and bombs everyday and during one of our rescue mission, we came across a safe box that contained huge amount of money that belonged to the rebels, which I believed was money meant for buying weapons and ammunition. It was agreed by Army officers present on that rescue mission that the money will be shared within us which we did. I was able to move my own share of the funds to Turkey through the help of a Capt and the boxes is currently in the US embassy safe house in Turkey. Out of the total money, my share was $10,200,000 ( Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand united states Dollars) I am seeking your assistance to evacuate my share of the money out of Turkey to your own country for you to keep it safe on my behalf till i come over to your country, I will give you more information on how you can be of help in my next email to you after receiving your response to my email. Love from Harry.

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