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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: "Abba Tukur" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.revmarkwillams32@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:15:59 +0100
Subject: My Friend,

Dear Friend,
 
I am major Abbar Tukur from 241 Recce Battalion in the  Army Nguru Yobe state  but now in D.R CONGO  for a peacekeeping mission.
 
It happened that we discovered huge amount of money  Value $18.8 MUSD and also gold  worth a lot of fortune in the camp of the suicide bombers who attacks the innocents civilians here in Congo after having a great encounter with them last night,
 
Our Garrison commander have managed to share it to us before the
commanding officer arrive,so i am looking for whom to help me to  act as a beneficiary of this fund and also buy off my 34 kg worth 22 karats.
 
please sir i cant take this fund and gold back to my country due to the system of bgovernment there and  so i managed to put it in a security company in London Uk through the help of the red cross personnel who take the refugees here in Congo and also to Somalia down to west Africa.
 
I am looking for a sincere and trustworthy person who is
willing to assist me to invest this fund in his country and we will talk about the percentage as soon as i get your response and our sharing modalities will not generate any problem in as much as we work with one mind till the success of this business.
 
Kindest Regards,
mrsolaoladipo@gmail.com

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