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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: "Khalid Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <khalidomar72@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:45:59 -0600
Subject: Reply me back

 
Greetings and compliments of the season.
 
Permit me to introduce myself to you as Khalid Omar. Am a former rebel soldier from Tripoli- Libya. I am seeking your cooperation to partner with me in order to help claim the sum of $10,000,000.00 which is currently deposited with a Financial Consulting firm abroad.
 
Before the uprising in Libya called the Arab Spring which led to the killing of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, I was one of the very few who opposed the barbaric ways of that government.
 
During one of our routine postings during the rebellion, my superior officer and myself came across a box which after opening we discovered that it contained U.S Dollars. We took some money out of the box, and later moved the remaining to a hide out until the war was over. My superior who had contacts in some of the Arab countries was able to make contact with a company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They agreed for him to bring over the funds, which he successfully did as during that time smuggling of every kind was easy. Weapons, goods, money and even gold were moved to different countries by soldiers from both the rebel side and the Gadhafi army.
 
My friend successfully had the money smuggled and transported out of the country to Dubai, and had the money which was in the special deposit box registered under the sensitive personal confidential belongings with the Finance Company in UAE. This means, they do not even know what exactly is in the box. As there is a law in the U.A.E that provides for such safe keeping to be carried out.
 
When the paperwork was sent over for my friend to complete, we both opted for security codes instead of names or personal data to be filled on the forms of the Finance Company because we were scared of what might happen to us should in case those papers fall into the wrong hands. And just as we feared, a bloody crossfire took place days later which resulted in the death of my friend.
 
I am now currently in Ghana where I sought for asylum since the death of Muammar Gadhafi where I am in hiding as a result of the systematic killings taking place of some of my colleagues who fought the war with me. Some said the killings were been handled by Gadhafi’s previous loyalist, while others say it is carried out by business interest group who successfully moved huge amounts of money, gold bullion, or weapons out of Libya in their efforts to keep their past activities secret. A similar thing is also happening to those who moved money during the war with Saddam Hussein of Iraq. You may read a recent suspected occurrence of such a killing which happened in France via the below internet links of British newspapers:
 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4613986/Alps-dad-linked-to-Saddam-Hussein-millions.html
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/28/saddam-hussein-alps-killing-link
 
The main purpose of sending this email to you is to seek collaboration, cooperation and support from you to help claim this funds from the Financial Consulting company based in United Arab Emirates. I will expect you been a trusted partner to keep this funds safe with you pending my arrival to a safer place where I hope to begin a new life. My intention is to invest my money in any lucrative business proposal that you may advise me to, for as long as it is safe I don’t mind.
 
If you are ready to assist me, I shall on my part show you gratitude by giving you 30% of the money that is in that box after receiving it from the Financial Consulting Company in UAE. I shall provide you with the necessary code coordinates required to identify with you as the person rightful beneficiary to receive custody of the box.
 
If you are ready to partner with me as requested, please send to me the following information about you to enable me have an idea who you are.
 
Full Name.
Contact Address.
Occupation.
Telephone Number.
As soon as I receive your reply with the requested details, I shall provide you the required details of and information on whom to contact, and how to contact the company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
 
I expect your reply soonest as time is running out on me, I do not feel completely safe in this present country I am in now.
 
Warm regards,
 
Khalid Omar.
+233206366431

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