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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: "Lt.Gen Patricia Horoho" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ltgenhoroho68@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:00:17 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you.....

 
My name is Lt.Gen Patricia Horoho. I'm an American soldier, presently Serving in Afghanistan as Army General commander, I'm very desperate in need for your assistance, I have decided to contact you for your kind assistance to received the two military trunk boxes which contain the sum of $40,million united states dollars,which just arrived in USA from Afghanistan, if I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service. I want to invest this money and your assistance is urgently needed to accomplish this task. I am ready to compensate you with 30% of the $40 million USD for your assistance. I do not know how long we will remain here.  I will explain further when i get a response from you. Kindly contact me with this email address below: ltgenhoroho68@gmail.com
you can watch this video, is my video/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spAf99R9yOk
Sorry if you may receive this message in your spam due to the poor network failure.
God Bless You.
Lt.Gen Patricia Horoho.
Kabul Afghanistan
US ARMY

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