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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: Attorney Zaid Ibrahim <attorneyzaidibrahi@hotmail.my>
Reply-To: attorneyzaidibrahim@hotmail.my
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:08:49 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL !!

Good Day,

I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without a previous notice. My name is Attorney Zaid Ibrahim, Advocate and legal consultant, I had a client,a top military commander in libya.His name was Abdul Fattah Younis, now deceased.

My client was assassinated alongside his assistant on the 28th of July 2011 by yet to be acertained assassins-under still unexplained circumstances.(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/29/abdul-fatah-younis-libya-rebel) Before defecting to head the rebel army as the chief of staff,my client was effectively the second in command in Gaddafis inner circle and enjoyed more power than anyone except the erratic dictator himself.

With my clients position, he was able to acquire some assets and deposited phisical cash in some parts of the world.

Prior to the Death of my deceased Client, Abdul Fattah Younis he deposited some money in the tune of twenty one million US dollas($21,000000) in one of the finance & security companies.The documents for the deposit are all in my posesion as his personal Attorney.I worked closely with my deceased client for a number of years and throughout this period he was a nice and thrustworthy man.

My deceased client died without a will because he was assassinated and the family members are not aware that he had such assets

I am looking for a trusthworthy person as a business partner who will be able to work with me to facilitate the withdrawal of the money my deceased client deposited in this finance & security company.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I wait to hear from you.Please contact me as soon as you receive this email.

Regards
Attorney Zaid Ibrahim
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