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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: "Staff Sergeant Indeck Dagan William." <afcetools@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infosteen979@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:29:21 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

My name is Staff Sergeant Indeck Dagan William, I'm an American
soldier serving in the military with the Army’s 82nd Airborne
Division in Afghanistan but now redeployed to Syria. I need your
assistance to assist me received this spoil of war pending my relief
from duty. Alluvial Gold $3,000,000 and some note worth
$20,000,000.When your receive,you are expected to sell the Alluvial
Gold then take 25% of the total money then keep my share until am
relieved of my duty.

When I hear from you then I will give you further guidelines of claim
I wait your urgent response.

Best regards,
Staff Sergeant Indeck Dagan William

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