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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: "Capt.Erich Logan" <capt.erichlogan777@gmail.com>
Reply-To: capterichlogan6@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 03:27:00 -0700
Subject: Urgent Assistant

My Beloved friend

I am Capt.Erich Logan I am an American soldier attached to UN
peacekeeping force in Syria.I am the commanding office of the third
Battalion soldier regime, I got your contact from a Syrian American
Army officer who was critically injured in the ongoing bloody civil
war here in Syria but died last week while receiving medical
treatment, I and my crew members discovered a huge sum of money in a
bunker, total amount US$156 Million dollars which we shared among
ourselves and I got US $8.6 million dollars as my own share of the
fund, I deposited the fund as consignment with a security company here
in Yemen as medical equipment, I want to secure the fund through you
please tell me can you be trusted?.

Now my mission here in Yemen will expire in the middle of next month
for me to leave this camp if I do not ship out the consignment I might
end up losing it,I want arrange for delivery of this consignment to
you kindly let me know if you can be able to secure it if I send it to
you in your country via Red Cross courier agent I will give you 30%, I
am trusting in Almighty God that you will be 100% sincere with me, the
trunk box is well sealed I have secured a Red Cross immunity clearance
certificate that is covering the consignment that make it to stand as
Red Cross consignment to avoid any hitch,

I need your contact details 1, Full name 2,Pnone number 3, Home
address 4, country of origin 5, ID card 6, Nearest airport,

IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING, PLEASE DELETE THIS MESSAGE AND DON'T DISCUSS
IT EVEN IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP.

Am waiting anxiously for your positive response

Respectfully,
Capt.Erich Logan

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