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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: "Sgt. Abbie Martin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ltmartinabbie@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 22:42:18 +0200
Subject: Please confirm

Dear Sir/Madam,

I need your urgent assistance.

We are a team of Army Medics/soldier working in collaboration with the United Nations Peace keeping troop in Afghanistan. We are presently in Afghanistan.
We have in our possession the sum of $3.5 million USD which was found here in Kunduz Afghanistan during a dog search Patrol while trying to rescue civilians men, women and children trapped in a demolished building attacked by terrorists operations.
We have deliberately and urgently deposited this money with a Red Cross agency who assisted to secure it with a trust/finance house in Europe.
Now, details of deposit have been made available to us.

We need your assistance to move out the money to a safer place and also to invest with the money as we do not know as soldiers in the front, anything could happen as we are always vulnerable and ready should the unexpected happens.
We want you to stand as beneficiary to receive the fund for safe keeping or possible investment.And God willing if we survive the bombardment and successfully complete our 2yr mission here, we shall meet with you.
You will assist to invest it in a good profitable business.

God willing, once you are able to secure the money in your custody, we shall send to you details of our immediate next of kin. In the event we could not make it from here, you can contact our next of kin.
Please note that we want absolute trust, honesty, reliability and confidentiality.

If you are willing and ready to help, please email YOUR FULL NAMES, PHYSICAL ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER. We shall link you with the house in Europe where the money has been temporarily deposited.

Thank you and God bless you.

With respect,
Sgt. Abbie Martin

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