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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: "Crusader Supervisor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <crusadersupervisor581@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 19:47:55 -0700
Subject: I need your partnership for this legal deal

Dear Partner
I pray and hope this email gets to you and also look forward to your immediate response. I look you up and found you then my spirit tells me you are a good person to be trusted with this legal deal.
First of all, I must introduce myself to you.  I am Mr. Edwardo Brown, I work as the Supervisor with the Crusader Diplomatic Security Courier Company. American office. I have worked with this company for years and I finally got an opportunity I have been praying for.
I had a friend named Mr. Thiago Gonzalo  who is a real estate agent, he is a Spanish based in Washington DC.  America. Late last year October 2017 my friend Mr. Thiago Gonzalo sold a mansion left behind for him by his late parents, the total sum of $25,000,000.00. (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) was realized from the mansion. He notified me after selling the mansion of his plans to move back to Spain with the money to establish a company, he begged me to help him secure his money as he planned on sending the money in cash, packed and sealed in a consignment box with a security code. We had an agreement and made the arrangement, He came in person to our office and deposited the consignment box. He registered the consignment box at our office as family treasures without disclosing the content of the consignment to avoid losing the money or paying huge taxes..
My friend had planned that early this year 2018 he will finally move back to Spain and order our company to deliver his consignment to him in Spain, But something Tragic happened, on the 15th of January 2018 he was robbed and shut in the head and chest. He lost lots of blood and died few hours after he was rushed to the hospital.
I am not happy that my friend Thiago Gonzalo died and am not the one who killed him but must make good use of the opportunity at hand.
The arrangement of loading the $25,000,000.00 cash in a consignment box and registered with our company as family treasures was made and known by me and my late friend only. Our company still do not know the content of the consignment as it was declared to them as family treasures. Also no one has ever come to have our company hand over the consignment box because my late friend was the only child of his late parents.
I want you to stand and claim this consignment from our company in place of my late friend as his only living relative, I have all the documents to back you up in case our company demands for them. After receiving the consignment I will come over to meet with you and give you the security code that my friend used to lock up the consignment box which was made known to only me.
We shall only talk and decide on the sharing of the total sum after you have successfully received the consignment box.
Please bear in mind that everything about this will be done legitimately. Kindly send me the below few information of you:
1. Your Names.....
2. Your full address..........
3. Your Phone Number......
4. Your gender and Age.......
5. Your current occupation.......
6. Any of your id copy..............
Once I receive your email with your information I will give you more details of what next to do and will also call you for verbal communication., I know you don't share same name with my late friend but you have nothing to worry about as everything will be legally worked out.
Regards,
Mr.  Edwardo Brown
Supervisor.
Crusader Diplomatic Security Courier Company

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