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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united states 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)
- "million united state 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)
- "million 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Alhj Baasim Kadel Mohammed Ould <mrkadel233@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:50:26 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I'm Ould From Libya.
My name is Baasim Kadel Mohammed Ould and i am from Tripoli Libya.I am
writing to you because of the condition that i am in it right now and i
really need ur assistance.
Well i was a branch manager of Libyan Arab Foreign Bank (LAFB) in
Tripoli.Before the fight broke out in my country our deceased president
Muammar Gaddafi deposited the sum of 120 million United States dollars
in our bank but two weeks after the fight broke out he transferred 80
million dollars to a bank in Turkey and six weeks later he gave me
instruction to move the remaining money to Ghana through a diplomat and
honestly the forty million dollars was moved to a security company in
Ghana and the money is still with the security company and deposited in
my own name.
Eight weeks ago Gaddafi sent his loyalist to attack me because he wanted me
to help him to move 23 million United State dollars to Pakistan through
the diplomat again but i refused because the rebels that were fighting
Gaddafi warned me to stay away from him so he Gaddafi sent his loyalist
to attack me and my family members but they came and could not find me
but they ended up in burning down my properties, also raped my house
keeper and killed my security man but i managed to scape with my wife
and my 12years son to Ghana where we are residing in a local hotel
called faco hotel with a different identity.
Please dear i want you to help me so that we can recover the money from the
security company in Ghana by moving it to your country and also help me
to get a visa to your country, i will give you 40 percent of the money
which is sixteen Million United States dollars and i will take the
remaining twenty four million united States dollars.I have all the legal document of the money and everything is my name because that was the
instruction Gaddafi gave to me,to be honest with you the security
company and the diplomat that moved the consignment to Ghana does not
know that the box contained millions of Dollars.
So since Gaddafi is dead no one will ever trace the money and if you are
really interested and you know that you are an honest person please
reply to me with your details such as your:
I:full NAME...............
2:PHONE NUMBER................
3:OCCUPATION...............
4:Country..............
Thanks for your Co-operation,
Alhj. Baasim Kadel Mohammed Ould.
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