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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: "Mr Elhady Mahmud" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrelhady2017@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 15:21:22 -0800
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP

Good Day!
I am Mr Elhady Mahmud, Chief consultant to Muammar Gaddafi.
I am contacting you regarding some Multi-Million Dollar
deposited here in  Security Company by  a deceased client, a
Billionaire and a former Head of State Muammar Gaddafi.
I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of
this mail highly confidential and  respect the integrity of the
information of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is
informed of this communication.
This is a lifetime opportunity for us. Do not betray my
confidence Please get back to me on my  private email or call me as soon
as possible so i can feed you with some good information and  what we
have to do.
I await your soonest response.
Mr Elhady Mahmud
 
 
 

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