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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Gen. Alexander Milley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gen.markalexandermilley1958@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 22:36:25 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal/Proposition d'affaires

I am Major, Gen. Alexander Milley from U.S. but i am working in Pakistan. i have been searching for a rightful person to assist me in this business till i came across your details, i have the sum of €15,000,000.00 that i want to move out from Iraq so quickly i want a good partner, someone i can trust and understand, some one with a good heart who can keep this money safe and secured without (letting the cat out of the bag) someone who will not telling his / her family or friends about this money for a security reasons. Though you maybe thinking that it will be a big risk to receive or keep this big amount of money but i want to tell you that it not risky because the money is legal (oil money) i am offering you 40% of the money for helping me to keep it then you will keep my own part safe till i come over to take it, sometimes you maybe wondering why don't i send it to my account in U.S well, i would have loved to do that but due to on going new laws that was imposed by the new president so that is why i

I look Forward to Your reply and Co-operation

Gen. Alexander Milley
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Je suis le major, le général Alexander Milley des États-Unis, mais je travaille au Pakistan. Je cherchais une personne légitime pour m'aider dans cette affaire jusqu'à ce que je trouve vos coordonnées. J'ai la somme de 15 000 000,00 € que je veux quitter d'Irak si rapidement que je veux un bon partenaire, quelqu'un en qui je peux avoir confiance et que je peux comprendre. , une personne avec un bon coeur qui peut garder cet argent en sécurité sans (laisser le chat sortir du sac) quelqu'un qui ne dira pas cet argent à sa famille ou à ses amis pour des raisons de sécurité. Bien que vous pensiez peut-être que recevoir ou conserver cette grosse somme représentera un risque important, mais je tiens à vous dire que cela n’est pas risqué car l’argent est légal (argent du pétrole), je vous offre 40% de l’argent pour aider moi de le garder alors vous garderez ma part en sécurité jusqu'à ce que je vienne le prendre, parfois vous vous demandez peut-être pourquoi je ne l'envoie pas sur mon compte aux États-Unis. J'aurai

J'attends votre réponse et votre coopération avec impatience

Général Alexander Milley

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