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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: Krzysztof Bil <krzysztof.bil@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 08:33:26 +0100
Subject: peace keeping mission



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Hello Dear My names are Krzysztof Bil, I am a United States Army officer
on a peace keeping mission in SYRIA. I am

a widower of 58 years of age. I have been in this mission for almost
three years now and i am left with less than

one month to return. Something great happened in this mission which is
one of the reasons why i have decided to

contact you: During our operation we had a confrontation with the SYRIA
talibans in there hideout, at the end of

lasted shootout we were able to maneuver them and discovered in their
hideout lots of dangerous weapons and huge

amount of money in US dollars. We took the money and shared it among the
officers that went for the operation after

which I got one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($USD
1,500,000.00) as my own share... Now my only problem

is that the money is not safe here in the camp as no one knows when the
talibans may strike back. All the banks

here in SYRIA are closed down and no one can make any bank to bank
transfer outside SYRIA...this is a very

difficult situation for me here, i thought about the positive impact
this money will make in my life when i leave

the camp and i took it. Hence i need your help to safeguard this money
for me until i return from this mission in

less than one month, i am offering you thirty per cent (50%) of the
total money if you accept my proposal. I took

my time to conceal the money in a Trunk box covered with my personal
effects. I'm writing you because i don't have

the time to think of who to trust as i don't have anybody out there to
share my secrets with, my instinct tells me

that you can handle it for me. It may be a start for better relationship
between us, we never can tell what

tomorrow holds.Please let me have your consent if you are willing to
handle it for me so that i can arrange on how

to lift it out from here to your country. contact me via my private
email ( krzysztof.bil@aol.com )



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