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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: "RICHARD WILSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rw168026@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:11:22 +0300
Subject: URGENT INFORMATION/ PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

Dear Sir/ Madam,
 
I am very sorry to invade your privacy, i decided to contact you after i found your email in a contact list Online due to the urgency of my purpose of contacting you.  My name is Richard Wilson, I am from Florida USA. I work with American Red Cross but currently assigned to the UN Peace keeping Rescue team in Afghanistan.
 
I wish to inform you that I and my team mates discovered the sum of THIRTY FIVE MILLION USD ($35,000,000.00) during one of our rescue operation here and to ensure the Money is safe, the money was packaged in two military security boxes which we were able to deposit with a security company outside the war zone with the help of a UN top official.
 
As a matter of fact, The UN Top official who assisted us in moving the package out of the war zone was made to believe the package was containing our valuable items which we needed to move to  a more secured place for safekeeping pending when our mission will be over.
 
Considering the fact that we all risked our lives here working for our country and the world, we have agreed to share the discovered fund but We can not retrieve the deposited funds from the security company as it is  against the ethics of our profession to engage in monetary transactions while on a mission like this and we can move the package to our relatives for security reasons.
 
We urgently need an individual with a good business plan to help us invest the total sum of $35, 000,000.00 pending when our mission here will be over.
 
Note: Information's to retrieve the fund from the security complete will be forwarded to you upon your readiness to work with us and  you will be compensated  with 30% of the fund while i and my team mates will share the remaining 70% once our mission here is officially over.
 
Please indicate your interest by providing your personal details as required below:
 
Your Full Name:
Receiving Address:
Contact Telephone Number:
Occupation:
Sex, Age and Marital Status:
A scanned copy of your I.D
 
Please get back to me with your details as required above for more details regarding the Fund.
 
Thank you.
 
Richard Williams.

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