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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: agent pacific <p.agent2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:19 +0700
Subject: DO NOT IGNORE... VERY URGENT INFORMATION


Dear Sir ,

Thank you for the attention being given to go through my mail. I am Mr.Abdel
Ali, Personal Assistant { PA } to one of ousted Gaddafi minister that lost
his life in the Libya War, By the grace of Allah I managed to escape but
still at large. It’s obvious that if the rebels capture me , they won’t stop
at anything in destroying me, after destroying my house and everything I
own. So I’m just left with nothing now.

But I have some funds worth the sum of Twelve Million Seven Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars { USD 12 Million 700,000 } in one of the
Asian financial Firm, So I’m contacting you to assist me claim and transfer
the fund to your account For investment in your country . If you are
interested and in agreement with me, get back to me quickly and I’ll send to
you all the information you may need to proceed with. However I’m assuring
you of 100% risk free involvement and 20% share of the Total Fund as a
reward once the fund is transferred into your account.

Please for security reasons let our communication be limited to emails for
now and this information treated with uttermost confidentiality. Should you
have any question, feel free to ask. My Email :
ab.ali@live.com<http://us.mc1147.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ab.ali@live.com>

Yours Truly,

Abdel Ali

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