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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: "Frank D Andrich" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankandrich@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:34:59 -0800
Subject: Investment Proposal

Dear Sir,
 
My name Frank D. Andrich, I am an independent international financial consultant with the Gulf Funding Facilitators SPV. One of my clients Mr Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi who was the former secretary of the General People's Committee of Libya, under the late Col. Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. He was one of the personal assistants to late Libya head of state Col. Muammar Gaddafi who was eliminated on 20th October 2011 by the rebels. He and other Aids of Gaddafi were taken into house arrest by the new government till date. He assisted Col. Gaddafi who was former President, to carry out most of his secret business deals ranging from exportation of Gold, diamond, Alluvial Gold bar/dust, and exportation of millions of foreign currencies to foreign banks and security companies.
 
There is $45,000,000, US Dollars, (Forty five million US Dollars) which he assisted the late former Boss, Col. Muammar Gaddafi to deposit in a financial institution in Europe less than 2 weeks before the death of the former president. Nobody has any knowledge of this deposit except me and my client Mr Baghdadi. Not even a member of his family, nor his close associates. He has asked me to use the money for investment purposes, in the real estate sector or any profitable business as you may direct. This is my reason for contacting you.
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY:
 
 
On your acceptance to join hands with me for the investment of the money, the transaction shall be carried out this way.
 
(A)  You will be entitled to 15% of the total amount for assisting me with good direction in carrying out investment of the funds in real estate investment or any lucrative business venture as you may wish and 10% shall be mapped out to me as my compensation for mediating between my you and my client.
 
(B)  The remaining 75% balance of the total sum will be invested by you, targeting a minimum ROI of 4% per year. This investment will last for at least 10 years.
 
(C) You will be required to present a detailed business plan, stating the area of investment that you would consider and also the expected ROI per year.
Upon your acceptance to my proposal, I will work with my Lawyer to draft a Legal Binding document, (A memorandum of understanding MOU. /Agreement), that will stand between you and I to protect the interest of all parties involved in this transaction.
 
TAKE NOTE:
 
The money is currently deposited in Europe, and be informed that the money in question has nothing to do with my clients detention in Libya. Hence no living being knows about this fund or that the money belongs to the later former president Col. Muammar Gaddafi. Also be assured that this money is free from any form of illegality, drug, terrorism and money laundering. If you are interested in this transaction, feel free to contact me immediately.
 
Please also note that I have made arrangements with the financial institution where the fund was deposited, on how to assist us in opening an offshore bank account in your name, where the funds can be transferred into in the case you don't want to receive the cash, or have the money wired to your local account in your country due to the huge amount involved.
 
Finally, understand that you have to treat this transaction with utmost confidentiality for security reasons, because human beings can be unpredictable. I don't want you to disclose this transaction to anyone, as it may jeopardize all the effort I made in securing this funds for some years now.
 
I await your urgent response.
 
Best Regards.
Frank D. Andrich

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