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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: "Chandler David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chanddvi64@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:26:40 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS IMPORTANT

Good Day,

I am Chandler David a citizen of United State of America and I am a soldier, serving in the United Nations Peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, Let me go straight to the reason I contacted you, I am an Army General and this is my top secret, please keep it between you and I. During our search and rescue duty in Afghanistan, my team came across hidden treasure that contains a huge amount of money and gold. Well the amount of money is so much that we could not keep for ourselves and we reported it to the commander, the money was shared among us I got sum $950,000USD and 24karat gold weighing 11.8kg which with the help of GOLDEN STAR SECURITY COMPANY I was enable to move the consignment to NIGERIA the company Head office because of the conflicts here in Afghanistan.

The reason I contacted you is because I want you to to receive the consignment from the SECURITY COMPANY and keep it safe until I finish my assignment here and meet you I have no relative to receive it expect my kids that are very little my wife died 5 years ago. Reply to me with this email {chanddvi64@gmail.com}only if you are interested for more details.

Sincerely,
Chandler David

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