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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: "Martin J. Gilstrap" <ckk93451@tatatechnologies.com>
Reply-To: seegaull@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:20:53 -0700
Subject: PLEASE REPLY BACK

Hello Sir/Madam,

With trust, i sincerely contact you ,I know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go a long way to determine my future and my business prospect with you.

I am Captain Martin J. Gilstrap- 090209-M-3450C-014 II Marine Expeditionary of Multinational Division Centre base in Kabul, Afghanistan, of the NATO Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace keeping mission in Kabul,Afghanistan, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in Marzar Sharif .This suburb is not too far from Kabul. After Immediate intervention, we captured (7) of the Terrorists, (3) injured. In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for Abu Baqir a Taliban sub-commander and ISIS group leader, and they took us to a cave in Marzar Sharif. This served as their camp. Here we recovered several guns, weapons and other Ammunitions including boxes which contained millions of dollars.

I do not intend handing over this money to the Government ,I really dont want to die fighting terrorists all my life,unfortunately I cant wire this money to the States as troops are limited to using Army sanctioned remittance services and that will draw serious attention.

I believe I can trust you. right now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which are secured so nobody can monitor our discussions, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through e-mail messages for now, because our calls might be monitored.

I have in my possession the sum of 19,893,235.00 million dollars as my share.I am in need of a Reliable and Trust worthy person who would receive the box of money,secure and keep it for me until i am free to leave here in a few weeks. I will then have time to come over to you and we can invest the money on real estate and other lucrative businesses in your country.I promise to give you 15% of this money,the box will be airlifted and delivered by Red Cross cargo jet since i don't have any access to a bank account here where i can lodge the money or means of transferring such amount that will not raise eye brows,hence my decision to use the Red cross cargo jet because they are the only ones with the authority to deliver/pick up certain relief materials and medical supplies from here.

I will register the money which is well packaged in a metallic box with your name and address as your personal belongings with Red Cross.Please assure me of keeping this as top most secret and confidential to protect my job. In less than 5-7 days the box will be in your possession,Please this is urgent and i need someone serious to help me handle this urgent task.

Kindly provide me with your details below so i can register the box with red cross cargo jet that leaves here in a couple of days


Full Names:
Full Address :
Phone Numbers:
Copy of your ID(Drivers Licence/Int'l Passport):
Nearest Airport:

I awaiting your reply, so that I can furnish you with more details and if you decide otherwise please delete the message.

Best Regards,
Captain Martin J. Gilstrap











































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