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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: "YOUNIS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nadiayounis72@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:09:58 +0100
Subject: FROM NADIA TREAT AS URGENT

Dear Friend,

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to communicate with you on email and i hope this email meets you in a good health. Nadia Fatah Younis is my name, i and my parents were reside at Misrata but the war in Libya forced me and my mother to the border town of Salloum.

Life is bad here because everybody is looking out for his or her own safety. We sleep in the women section of a camp here and the coordinator is Madam Rania Zainab. Since, anytime she is around i always clean her office and i use one of the computers in her office if it is free.

My father had lived all his life in Libya and has worked as (Libyan former Interior and Defense Minister) in the Gaddafi regime; who has been branded 'a hero of the revolution' for defecting to the rebel cause as the Libyan rebels' chief of army staff, Abdel Fatah Younis, my father has been killed in an assassination by pro-Gaddafi agents. My late father had helped the Libya opposition leader strike an oil deal and had saved Nine Point Five Million Dollars($9.5m) in Europe this year which i am the next of kin. After the death of my father we contacted the company by email to claim our money but, the manager of the company told us we cannot directly receive the money because of the war in my country unless we send address and details of a trustee outside our country to receive it for us.

You can read the link below.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2011/jul/29/abdul-fatah- younis-killed-libya

http://www.veteranstoday.com/ 2011/08/01/abdul-fatah-younis- killing-war-death-or- assassination/

We are sad because we don't know anybody outside our country so i decided to pray and contact a stranger to help us. I hope you will be our trustee and apply for the release of this money. You will have 30% of the money for your assistance. You will please tell us how to invest our share wisely where it will secure in your country after you receive it. Please remember, i am telling you with good faith because this is our only hope of having a better life. Please reply if you want to know more. I pray you will be blessed throughout all the days of your life as you assist me. This transaction must be kept secret and kindly reach me directly on my private email : nadiayounis72@yahoo. com

Thank you.
Nadia Younis.

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