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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: " Laura J.Richardson" <frankani500@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joneslorri96@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:08:02 +0100
Subject: Greeting

Sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner;


I decided to contact you for urgent assistance which I presume will
interest you and benefit both parties in the end.

I pray at this time that your email address is still valid so you
cansee and read my email.
My name is
Laura J.Richardson .I am 35 years old, a US citizen, from Houston
Texas to be precise. I joined the US military after the events of
September 11, 2001 left 3 of my beloved family members dead, ever
since i have been engaged in this war against terrorism in
Afghanistan, Libya and now Syria.

My unit was involved in the "Operation Odyssey Dawn" in Libya but we
have been transferred to Syria to help fight the Islamic militant
group called "ISIS".

For a long time I have lived like a soldier, now I want to live like
every other normal person. I want to have friends outside the
military, I want to find love and to be loved, I want to experience
what life is like in the outside world, I want to enjoy the freedom
that I have fought for, and I don't want to live in fear any longer.I
really want to spend time with friends and loved ones and to go on
vacations too, i can't remember the last time I went on vacation.

My dear, here in Syria the attack we see every day reminds me of how
close to death i could be and the situation here is not getting any
better, i have been very lucky to still be alive till this day.

I contacted you because I seek assistance from a sincere, truthful and
reliable person for friendship and as a business partner to help me
receive a cash box from a Shipping and Security company (SOCIALBULE
CONTINENTAL SECURITY SHIPPING COMPANY or S.F. Express Delivery
company). I want to quit the military and I hope to start a new life
with this money because life here in Syria is very risky.

The money in the cash box is my share of a money my team (Odyssey
Dawn) discovered when we were in Libya on a mission. When we found
this money, my team agreed to share the money amongst ourselves and to
keep it secret. Out of the total money, my own share was $9,950,000
(Nine Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand united states
Dollars)and 96 pieces of gold bars for safe keeping until I get back.

I will be relocating from this military base soon because the U.S new
Government has ordered that my team relocates to another U.S military
base, so I really need your assistance to help me receive the money.

I am seeking your assistance to help me evacuate my share of this
money to your home for safe keeping as I hope to meet you as soon as
possible.I was not able to relocate these funds to my preferred
destination before our assignment changed and I was redeployed to
Syria. For safe keeping, I enlisted the help of a shipping company who
registered it as a family treasure pending the time I send them a
delivery address of my choice. (SOCIALBULE CONTINENTAL SECURITY
SHIPPING COMPANY or S.F. Express Delivery company).

Now I need you to help me receive the box containing the money from
the courier company, it will be delivered to you legally as a
diplomatic package. All you have to do is stay at home while it comes
to you legally and without any danger. I have chosen to contact you
after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust nor
thwart my dream, though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing
myself to you without formal introduction,well, I will say that my
mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me in receiving
and investing this Fund.


I hope my explanation is very clear but if you need further
clarification just let me know and i will explain further, I want to
let you know that here in the military base camp we are not allow to
make use of mobile phone, we only make use of radio message (walkie
talkie) and email communication, so please let us continue
communicating through email for the mean time.

I want you to please assure me that my money will be safe and intact
if delivered to you, as this is my last hope for a new beginning. I
have decided to compensate you with 15% $ 1,042,500. i.e One
million,Forty two thousand five hundred US Dollars) of the total money
in the cash box once you help me receive the money on my behalf.
My dear good friend, one passionate appeal I will make to you is not
to discuss this matter with a third party, as this will jeopardize all
my efforts for a new
beginning. If there should be any form of leakage of this information
I will be in danger based on my position in the Army. I promise you a
safe and risk free delivery of this package to your home in your
country only if you keep this discussion between us.


Thank you for your time as i wait for an immediate reply as regards to
my appeal, your urgent reply will be highly appreciated.

You can reachout to me regularly via my email address (
joneslorri96@gmail.com) OR S.F. EXPRESS DELIVERY COMPANY via


Best regards
Laura J.Richardson

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