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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: CAB Jr <am26111971@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <dl9829842@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 14:48:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Cash

Greetings !!

My name is Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a senior officer in the USAF., I served in many countries including Iraq and during my service in Iraq, we discovered huge cash in Baghdad, and we noted in documents in the room vault, that the cash was proposed for Sarin, Chlorine and Phosgene chemical weapons, we concluded they were planning to end the war with these most dangerous chemical weapons and agreed to share the fund among ourselves for the betterment of mankind and my share was USD 26,000,000.00

You can find the history on the BBC and CNN Link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/afghanistan-us-troops/index.html

I arranged and lodged the cash as a foreign investor/contractor asset in securing location in Spain, and I am ready to share the cash 40/60, therefore, if you find it interested to make the deal with me, forward your information as follows; (1) Full name (2) Address (3) Telephone number and I will go to the office and officially prepare ownership document in your favor and forward the deposit institution for officially paying the cash for you without breach of law.

Upon your response more details will be given to you.

Regards,
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr.

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