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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: Robert Baca <fremik3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertbaca22@montevideo.com
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 14:21:04 +0100
Subject: Information from Robert Baca to you


Hi,
I need your urgent help for a logistic transfer matter.
Information is connected to Ancestry.com

Looking forward to your reply for more details.

Sincerely,


Robert Baca CFm
RB Brokers Ltd
Montevideo,Uruguay

Robert Baca is President of the Uruguay Society of Financial Brokers
(https://www.bcu.gub.uy)and a founding director and now Secretary of the
Uruguay
Federation of Financial Brokers Associations (UFBA). He was appointed
to the World Financial Organization’s Private Sector Consultative
Group (PSCG) when it was formed in 2006, and was elected its Chair in
June 2008. He has contributed to the ’ world body capacity building work on
the SAFE Framework of Standards. In 2009, Robert was awarded the
inaugural Awards of Trade in Imports and Exports (CATIE)award
for Trade Leadership in Uruguay, and in early 2010, He was recognized
by the World body on International Financial Day for his service to the
international Financial community. He has also received a Certificate of
Merit from the World body for rendering exceptional service to the
financial
administration of the South American Financial institutions by
strengthening partnerships between the Agency and the private sector



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