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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: "Barr. Mohammed Heidi" <info@libya.com>
Reply-To: mohammedh@blumail.org
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:30:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject:





I am indeed sorry for contacting you through this means. However, I assure you that it is confidential and genuine.


I am Barr Mohammed Heidi attorney to Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi (Col. Gaddafi's son). I am sure you are aware of the


current war in my country, Libya. As a consequence, many assets and funds belonging to Col. Gaddafi's family


and government officials are being frozen by western government, as you can see on the following links:





http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCp5rxNa1k





The family has lost a lot and are losing more on a daily basis and I need your help to secure some of these funds


because these are hard-earned money. There funds are proceeds of contracts executed by the family. Examples


are BP's US$900M Libyan oil exploration contract in 2007, shares in Juventus Football Club, Eni: the Italian oil giant, and


Pearson: the parent company of Penguin and Financial Times. Also some money was made from investments in numerous


financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and the Carlyle Group.





In order to ensure that all their assets are not frozen illegally by the western government, I moved some money out through


diplomatic security means as a consignment and deposited them in a Security Company in Libya, where they were registered


as personal effects.





There are two consignments with the sum of US$10,000,000.00 in each. I want you to help me receive them. Please note that


further details will be made available upon proper understanding and agreement.





If you are interested, kindly get back to me for further details through my private Email address: (mohammedh@blumail.org)


Otherwise, please delete this email and I say thanks for your time.





Yours sincerely,


Barr. Mohammed Heidi



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