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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: Zatima Ahmed <zatima150@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: zatima135@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 06:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mrs Zatima Ahmed and Daughter


Attension Dearest,

I am  Mrs Zatima Ahmed, i am one of the aides to Col Muammar Gaddafi, the president of Libya.I am in charge of Finance & protocols in the government of Col Muammar Gaddafi,the president of Libya and my Late husband Alhaji Umar Ahmed who was killed in Tripol when this problem  started.

You may be surprised of how i came across your name & contact, It is not far fetched, to be precise,I got your contact through plaxo.com. I manage to excape and enter Benin Republic with my only daughter who is 7 years of age now.

My reason for contacting you is very simple, sincere, secret & profit oriented if you can maintain absolute confidentiality & secret into the whole arrangement.I have  recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I am writing from my sick bed now.

You are aware of the recent and present crises going on in my country Libya right now because of the post election crisis between Col Muammar Gaddafi and Anti Gaddafi Rebel.

THE UNITED NATIONS(UN), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA(USA), AFRICA UNION(AU)EUROPEAN UNION(EU) FRANCE OUR COLONIAL MASTERS AND ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST ARICAN STATES(ECOWAS) HAVE ALL PLACED SANCTIONS ON US(THE GOVERNMENT OF COL MUAMMAR GADDAFI, HIS FAMILY AND HIS LOYALISTS,)

Right now, we cannot travel back to Libya and also my condition is getting worst everyday and our funds in various banks had been frozend.Before the death of my husband we deposited the sum of US$14.5 Million dollars in African Development Bank, Benin Republic.

To this end, i am contacting you so that i will direct you to the bank where we doposited the  amount of USD$14.5 Million dollars by us on bahalf of the government of Col Muammar Gaddafi. With my health condition and because of my only daughter,I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of kin so that he/she will take good care of my daughter.As she is only a little girl.You are to adopt her as your daughter.

You  will apply to the bank African Development Bank  and request for the transfer of the fund to your bank account or you will come to Benin to signed for the fund. This is on the condition that you will take 25%of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses, 30% for my daughter,while you will use the remaining 40% for the less previlege people in the society.

It is risk free transaction,This is in fulfilment of the last request of my late husband,that a substantial part of the fund will be used to carter for the less previleged people.

If this conditionis acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your full names and contact information so that I will send to you the contact information of the bank and you will apply as the beneficiary of the fund because I am going to present you as next of kin to the fund and also send the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the security  company.
 
Please,maintain adequate secrecy & confidentiality about this offer to you for my own safety,there is alot of enemies around who will want to expose me anytime all because of money.I can not predict what will be my faith by the time the fund will be transfered into your account,but you should please ensure that the fund is used as i have described above.I am looking forward on hearing from you.The future of my daughter is very important to me more than anything.

Waiting to hear from you

Regards
Mrs Zatima Ahmed and Daughter

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