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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: "Afis Ali" <musambt@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: librosecuritassa@lycos.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:58:02 +0200
Subject: Business Proposal



Dear Sir,
My names are Asif Ali ,the Foreign transactions officer with The Arab Banque Arabe Internationale in Beirut-Lebabnon. I write with due respect to ask you for a favour to assist in the receipt of a valuable sum of money amounting to $4.7M(Four Million,Seven Hundred US Dollars Only).
This funds were a personal deposit by the late Mallam Abdul-Aziz Monir <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Aziz_bin_Fahd&action=edit> after the 2004 Asia Disaster(Tsunami Crises) for the relief in conjuction with his foundation in UAE.
The funds were deposited with an order of irrevocable without a next of kin just based on trustees to be disbursed to the affected victims as his own personal contribution.
The fact is that the necessary formalities were not put in place before his death and we have decided to seek a foreign partner who will act as a stand.in- beneficiary to this funds with a commission.
We have agreed within us as top management in the international remittance department to give to you a total of 30% of the total funds, 5% for all unforseen expenses and the reaminder 65% shall be transfered to us after you have received the funds in full.We need this to be treated urgently as a result of the present turmoil in Lebanon.
We advice you not to commence with this transaction if you are not sure of your ability to assist us as you shall be responsible for all the miscellenous expenses that may be required in the legal and financial processes invloved in this transaction.
The agreed pecentage is subject to change depending on your seriousness and maturity put into this transaction.
We are managers in the practioner of finance and we are reputed to be honest,so we would want you to be discreet with this transaction as our reputation is at stake.
We advice you to contact our office in Madrid-Spain through the legal departmentmental head, Mr. Frank Dom on his email address: librosecuritassa@lycos.com <mailto:librosecuritassa@lycos.com>
We shall commence all the required processes as soon as we hear from you and are convinced that you are sincere.You may be required to travel toSpain, Switzerland or London for procedural requirements as the case may be.We cannot give you further contacts as we are been careful in this dealings. We shall make available all the required necessary information with time.
We regret any inconviniences we may have caused you through this mail.
Kindest Regards,
Asif Ali.
Moreso,we advice that you send a copy of all your correspondence with Mr.Frank Dom to us through this email address

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