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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: James Wilson <rezwan2537@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jameswilson8042@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:09:09 -0500
Subject: HELLO

Hello my dear actually , the reason why I came to you was for a business
proposal, After going through your profile, I decided to contact you on a
business proposal,It seems you are a sincere person. As i said earlier am
a military soldier working with United Nations on a peacekeeping mission
in Syria , few months ago, we helped an oil minister here to rescue this
son who was kidnapped here by the Taliban's, and was almost killed, my dear
the man rewarded each and every one of us with 3.8 million dollars and some
bars of golds as a gift from his heart . Due to the United Nation policy on
us here in Syria as soldiers working under the UN , we are not allowed to
handle money or take bribes from the citizens of Syria , but I could not
resist the gift because I needed the money after my service here . we just
received a message from the United Nation America Headquarter that in two
days time, me and some of my colleagues will be leaving to Ukraine, to
train the new soldiers that will be deploying in the camp, I cannot take
this money to the Ukraine because since they know me as military personnel,
they will want to know how I come about it. Due to this, I have made an
arrangement for a Red Cross diplomatic agent to move this fund on my behalf
though he does not know the content , because he can as well report me to
the higher authorities . I told him it is a gift I am sending to a friend .
write me on jameswilson8042@gmail.com

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