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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: "El-Haji Ahmed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hajiahmed55@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:34:27 -0500
Subject: From: El-Haji Ahmed (On behalf of Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi)


From: El-Haji Ahmed
(On behalf of Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi)
15 Whitehall Court SW1A
2EL London U.K
Phone: +44 704 5725394,
Fax: + 44 870-135-4830
hajiahmed55@aol.com

Dear Sir/Ma
Sequel to the mail I sent to you earlier by post which returned as undelivered mail, I have decided to contact you again via email, it is a pleasure to introduce myself to you, I'm is El-Haji Ahmed junior brother to Mrs. Safia Farkash al-Baraasi Gadhafi, The wife of the Libyan President, Moammar Gadhafi.

We got your contact information from the Asia chamber of commerce and decided to contact you on this vital issue. As you may be aware of difficulty my in-law who is now late on administrative charges in Libya by the rebel, hence my sister and her family members moved down to Libya in both Africa hence no other country could accept them as all their documents have be ceased to prevent them from flying out to another country.

Please, presently one of my sister’s family I called “FAMILY LAST RESORT to the tune of U$85,000 000 (Eighty-five million United States Dollars) in a financial firm in abroad ready to be TRANSFER to you with the hope that you will invest this funds into any good business in your country, pending when the political turmoil is over.

Please if you are interested in helping us to receive this money that is presently in an escrow account in one of the Asset Management Company we operate in Abroad. You can find out some of the story on this web bellow:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/144251/libyas-first-lady-owns-airline.html

Upon your acknowledgment and your readiness to assist us, I shall let you have the information of the asset management firm where the funds were lodged, further more I will assist you on any legal issues to change the necessary Documents / to your NAME and Power of Attorney to secure this fund. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as it is a 100% risk free venture.

Kindly indicate your interest in assisting us by providing the basic information such as Full name, Address, Age, occupation and cell number.

Thanks for your service in advance.

Sincerely yours
El-Haji Ahmed
hajiahmed55@aol.com
(On behalf of Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi)







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