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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: "Sabrina Day" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sabrinaday0422@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:04:32 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION TO THIS URGENTLY

Dear
    I am happy for meeting with you here on my page and i do believe that  it is God who made it possible for me to contact with you for friendship and business partnership. I know that my message will come to you as a  surprise but i want you to feel free with me because i have a desirable plans for us together in future. I really wish to have you as my good friend and partner and also wishes to  hand  you over my funds  for an investment  but only if i can put my trust on you.
I will like to use this opportunity to let you know about me,  i  Sgt.  Sabrina Day  ,  a single lady with  no kids, very calm and respective, i love making honest  and responsible friends,  sports is my favorite  and also i enjoy a lot of swimming,  my contact address in US is 56A Van Ness Avenue Westward San Jose - California - United States of America.    I am 39 years old and  I am among  the 157 marines/officers  left behind in Baghdad to train Iraqi military on how to defend Iraq  and protect American diplomats in the country.
   In the month of October 2016  I made a total sum of $7.2 Million US dollars which I have successfully moved out of Iraq with the help of RATE SHIPPING AND FREIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY( RSFD)  for security and safe keeping and which i want  to  use for an investment with a reliable and trusted foreign investor. The funds is an oil business money I did with some Iraqi citizens worth over 42 million US dollars, but the $7.2 million US dollars stated is my share on the business and it is a legal deal. I have successfully moved the fund out of Iraq as a family valuables with the help of   RATE SHIPPING AND FREIGHT DELIVERY COMPANY( RSFD)   .
   Beloved the most important thing  now is ''' can we trust each other''' if yes ...then i am offering you 30% share of the total funds while we use the rest 70% for an  investments, meanwhile i want all the investments project to be registered by your name and you will be the manager and controller of the project then i will be coming to visit you later in future whenever i have my holidays, to come and know how our business is moving, please my dear  i will like to hear from you to know  if you are interested to partner with me in   this investment project so that i will give  you the full details concerning this investment in my next message. And  please do not forget to always keep everything which i told you concerning this investment secret for the security of our fund.
    Note that the whole process is very simple and i will like us to keep our transaction confidential and also keep a low profile at all time and if possible i want all our communications to be on email for now. I look forward to hear from you soon with this details below.
 
1. Full names
2. Full address
3. Occupation
4. Direct telephone number for easy communication.
All I require from you is your maximum cooperation.
 
My Regards 
Sabrina Day

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