The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Gen  Arroyo <leonardo_cabrera@live.com> Reply-to:     <cabrera1952@gmail.com> Subject:     Let's Partner Together Date:     Mon, 8 Dec 2008 04:19:05 +0100 (Sun, 22:19 EST) Hi I'm Major Gen Jorge Arroyo of the Ecudorian Armed Forces i was drafted to Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC as the 2 i/c, field commander United Nation peacekeeping force in Congo, Africa.  (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/wl_afp/drcongounrest) During one of our raids on rebels locations we discovered and seized the sum of 9.4 million USD along side some unrefined gold. . I need your help to this once in a life time opportunity,as a serving soldier I am limited to things I could do.You will share 20% of this money if you could assist us to secure this funds. Be assured there is no danger to you handling this deal. I will disclose further information on receiving your willingness to assist.Your earliest response will be appreciated. Thank you Jorge Arroyo   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published here as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam crap mistakenly published on this website as an advance fee scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me your spam crap.