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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: "SGT. RUDY GARRETT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sgt.rudyg@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:31:45 +0200
Subject: URGENT PRIVAT BUSINESS/GOOD PARTNER


Dear friend,

My name is Sgt. Rudy Garrett, an American soldier, I served
in the military of the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq, where
my partners and I moved one of the boxes containing funds
which we believe is belonging to Saddam Hussein, in March 2003,
the total fund in this box is $12,000,000.00 (Twelve million
US dollars), this fund had been moved via a safe Diplomatic
Courier Service to a secured security company, Click on this
link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Basically since we are working for the American government we
cannot keep these funds, because of our military involvements
and we are three involved. We have decided to give you 30% of
the fund, 10% for the defraying of any ascertainable expenses
that might occure during the course of this transaction while
the balance shall be kept for I and my fiends.

This business is confidential, and we plead that it should not
be discussed with anyone. There is no risk whatsoever involved
as we left this fund in the Security company without declaring
it's contents for this period of time to make sure that the fund
will be safe for transfer and investment. If you are interested
I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good
partner that we can trust and will assist us. kindly send me an
e-mail signifying your interest including your telephone/fax
numbers for quick communication and also your contact details.
I assure you that this transaction is risk free and its success
is 100% guaranteed, Please help us to help you. Reply me via
this email: sgt.rudyg@yahoo.ca for security reasons.

Yours-in-service,
Sgt. Rudy Garrett.

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