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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: Andy Jassy <andyjassy59@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:38:55 +0300
Subject: Attention Please.


Dear Friend

I am Andy Jassy Fernando, I was among the US Military force withdrawal from
Afghanistan. I got your contact through a discreet search from the
Internet, The reason I’m explaining my findings to you is to seek your
assistance to enable you to contribute immensely to the actualization of my
dream.

While in Afghanistan I and my group of 2 men in the buildings occupied by
Taliban's, Immediately we proceeded to the site to our utmost surprise we
discovered an underground bunker in one of the buildings.

Upon investigation of the bunker to our surprise we discovered boxes safely
hidden and sealed, coded, I told my men to open the boxes in order to find
out the contents and when they were opened to our amazement the boxes
contained some US Dollars which amounted to $12.M (Twelve Million United
States Dollars)after I and two of the men counted them.

I however instructed them to keep this in high secret so that we can have
the money to ourselves, they all agreed to the plan and we deposited the
box with a foreign security company there in Afghanistan as we can not
carry it out by ourselves for security reasons.

We are now in desperate need of a "Reliable and Trustworthy" person like
you who would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US
Dollars for us as our assignment elapses there. We cannot leave the box
here in Afghanistan for any reason since Afghanistan is getting unsafe and
dangerous everyday. I assure and promise to give you 10% of this fund,
however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in
this deal.

Please assure me of you keeping this topmost secret within you so that my
job would not be jeopardized.
If this is acceptable by you to assist, please quickly send to me your
details and address where we can send the box to, then we will have to make
all the arrangements for the delivery with one delivering company there and
we don't want to delay any long in moving this box out of the country.

Upon your response to my mail I will send my ID to you so that you can
identify me when I come over to meet you in your country for the sharing
after you have received the box. Kindly reply me on this email address (
andyjassy59@gmail.com )

Please Reply

My Sincere regards,
Andy Jassy Fernando

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