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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: "RICKY KEMP" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ricky@zsk.name>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 11:01:32 +0100
Subject: F.Y.I

Dear Sir,

My name is Sgt. Ricky kemp, an American soldier, I was serving in the military of
the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. I and my partner 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,
since we are three in number that is involved in this deal, this means you will take
30%, I and my partners will take 60%, while 10% will be kept aside for any expenses.

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: ricky@zsk.name for security reasons.

Yours-in-service,
Sgt. Ricky kemp

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