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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Omar .M Saghiar" <osaghiar@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:36:22 +0100
Subject: Hello
I am the Group Ceo, of Umma Bank Libya. I am writing following an
opportunity in my office that will be of benefit to both of us. In my
department we discovered an abandoned treasure that contain the sum
of(Twenty million five hundred thousand Us Dollars)in safe keeping room that
belongs to Col.Muammar Gaddafi and Since the present crisis here in Libya, i
seek to use this opportunity to transfer the funds to a foreign account in
the US, which i and my colleague are ready to split the funds among ourself
in other to have a better life and assist the homeless people here in
Libya,and to also avoid Gaddafi from getting away with the funds. i have
decided to give 30% of the funds to anyone who will be willing to assist us
with an off-shore account that we could lodge this money into.
I have now decided to make the deal with you and make sure we bring it out
as the partner of beneficiary of the deposited treasure for safety keeping
and subsequent disbursement since he will not be able to access the funds at
this present moment as he can not account for it. And we don't want this
money to go back into Bank as unclaimed
Thanks
Omar M.Saghiar
Group Ceo
Umma Bank Tripoli
Libya
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