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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: Sergeant Julia Wanda <test@contaboserver.net>
Reply-To: <julwanda@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 04:22:40 -0700
Subject: Dear, as I informed you about something very important to share with


ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.


Dear,

As I informed you about something very important to share with
you. Listing to this, during one of our rescue mission

with my Military team we came across a safe box that contain huge
amount of money that belongs to the revolutionaries, which

I believe they are using the money to buy weapons and ammunition's for
war, after we discovered the fund it was agreed by all

our military parties in that mission that the money will be shared between us.

Dear, out of the total fund my share was $ 3.700.000.00(Three Million
Seven Hundred Thousand USD ), right now I am seek your

assistance to evacuate my share of the money, which is $ 3.700.000.00
to your place as quickly as possible, because my team

have been among the selected unit to join the US intervention in
Ukraine, dear if you can assure me that my funds will be

safe in your care until I complete my service here in the next few
months, there are no risks involved.

Dear, due to my position in service i have deposited the fund in a
Bank over there in LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM, Our military

communication here are only radio message and internet facilities. To
avoid losing the funds here due to the level of crisis

every day, I made a solid arrangements with a UN Security office nad
they helped me to make sure that the fund was deposited

in LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear, I need your urgent assistance and as you assist me receive the
fund, I shall be compensating you with 30% of the total

fund personally, while the remain of the balance shall be my
investment capital in your City which will still be under your

control until I meet you, dear I plead you not to disclose this issue
to a third party, if you have any reasons to reject

this offer, please delete all my email conversation with you because
any leakage of this information will be very dangerous

for me considering my position in services.

Dear, I pray and believe you will not betray my trust, take me as
your own blood sister or your business partner as the fund

will invest under your control. Although you may wonder why I am so
soon revealing myself to you without knowing you so

deeply, it is better I reveal it to you and you help me, than losing
the funds here out of my ignorance, I have so much fear

in me because I have survived two bomb attack here, and now been
selected to Ukraine mission, i wish to quite if you receive

the fund in time.

Sergeant Julia Wanda

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