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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: terry <ndjrigmamakoumba@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barralexand101@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 08:42:23 +0100
Subject: Hi dear, It is my pleasure meeting you, how are you enjoying your
day? I hope all is well with you, Thanks for your kind response and as a
matter of fact, i am very happy to read from your mail and i want to let you
know that am very sorry if i intrude into your privacy, however i want you to
know that i mean no harm, I really want to establish a true relationship that
may lead into a business partner or something else, My name is Sgt. Terry, a
US Citizen, from Alabama, I'm 56 years old singl

Hi dear,
It is my pleasure meeting you, how are you enjoying your day? I hope
all is well with you,
Thanks for your kind response and as a matter of fact, i am very happy
to read from your mail and i want to let you know

that am very sorry if i intrude into your privacy, however i want you
to know that i mean no harm, I really want to

establish a true relationship that may lead into a business partner or
something else,

My name is Sgt. Terry, a US Citizen, from Alabama, I'm 56 years old
single, I'm a US military officer serving the United

Nations peacekeeping troop in Libya. I would like to get acquainted
with you, I'm a loving, honest and caring person with a

good sense of humor, And I enjoy meeting people and knowing their way
of life, I enjoy watching the sea waves and the

beauty of the mountains and everything that nature has to offer.

Dear, I have something very important to share with you. Listing to
this very carefully and please promise me that you will

keep it only to yourself, during one of our rescue mission we came
across safe boxes that contain gold and huge amount of

money that belongs to the supporters of the overthrow government of
Libya, which I believe was money meant for buying

weapons and ammunition, and it was agreed by all army officers present
on that rescue mission that the money will be shared

among us and which we did.

Out of the total fund my share was $7,560,000 (seven Million Five
Hundred and Sixty Thousand United States Dollars ) and

about 30 bricks of gold, I am seeking your assistance to evacuate my
share of the money out of this country ( Libya ) to

your own country for you to keep it safe on my behalf till i come over
to your country,

I want you to assure me that if this money is delivered to you in your
country that you are going to be trustworthy to keep

the money till when I will come to your country to meet you face to
face to collect the money and gold back from you.

Yours Faithfully.

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