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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: "Sgt. Allie Robert" <edreynolds777@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sgt.allierobert@aol.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:19:19 +0000
Subject: Hi I need your help

Hello dear,

How are you today?

I am Sgt. Allie Robert, 32 years old, single & never married before. I
am from Florida USA, a US army by profession. I am here to disclose an
important issue to you as I promised. Please don't expose this secret
if you do not find my offer interesting. Actually, I have about $10.5
Million Dollars and jewellery packed in a box which I deposited in
Globlink Security & Cargo company vault in Afghanistan for
safeguarding. This money was my share of the enormous amount we made
out of the money we encountered
during one of our missions while in Afghanistan.

Now that the US military has been pulled out from Kabul by the order
of President Biden, I am back in the USA but have been seriously
sick.The purpose of this mail is to know if I can trust you enough to
request the security company to move the boxes to your address and
once I recover, I will come over to your home to pick the box. If you
can do me this favour, you will be entitled to 40% of the money and
some shares of the jewellery. The company director had told me that
during the evacuation, they relocated to spain. So, the box is
currently in Spain.

If you can assure me of your trust and never disappoint or betray me
upon reception of the luggage, kindly get back to me with your full
name, address, and direct mobile number to enable me draft a letter of
recommendation and send it to the security company immediately .
Sincerely yours,

Sgt. Allie Robert.
Reply me here for now: {sgt.allierobert@aol.com}

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