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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "dr.mamudou" <dr.mamudou@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:40:13 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the day. This mail may come to you as a surprise but to me
its a wish of the most high God for the time destined to reach you for such
a great family business assistance proposal.

I was searching through the internet website and got your contact.My name
is Dr Mr Mamudu Keita,Husband to RAMATA ABBY,from Republic of
Chad,personal cook in charge to the world dictator Col.Gaddafi of Libya.

Before the recent crisis in Libya over change in government which you are
fully aware of,Col.Gaddafi confided so much to me and my family so many
things as his personal aide and cook in charge.He deposited with me under
my custody valuable precious materials and cash deposits for safe keeping
worth 450 kilograms of raw gold in bars and cash deposits of $15,000000 Us
fifteen million dollars stocked in a trunk boxes and tagged as personal
effects.

Since Col.Gaddafi's is dead me and my family has to run away for our dear
lives for safety of being killed because of the rebellious rampage to track
down those close associates of Col Gaddafi and bring them to
justice,luckily,we were rescued by some NATO officers and made our way out
of Libya through Niger Republic down to Republic of Mali with our 3
children,where we resides now with the trunk boxes containing the precious
materials and cash.

We sincerely need your urgent attention to assist us move to your country
for immediate business establishment and better education for our 3
children as well as your vast experience and advise in business management
which will be handled professionally by you for a better profit.

Kindly contact me directly through this email address ;
drmamudu.keita@yahoo.com as i await for your positive response.


Regards,
Mamudu Keita
drmamudu.keita@yahoo.com
mamudukeita@gmail.com

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