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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: "MR.MOHAMMED SAHEED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammed_saheed101@live.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:34:59 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal.

Urgent Business Proposal
 
 
 
I am Mr.Mohammed Saheed, the Director,International Remittance Department of this Bank due to reported cases of underground corrupt practices in London
 
banking Sectors and including the Central Bank of Great Britian, the British Government has revoked/canceled all power vested on those Banks and have
 
appointed our Bank(World Bank London Branch) to make all foreign payments. It will interest you to know that my bank manages a secret account of Muammar
 
Gaddafi THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBYA which is in a secret account with our bank here in london and should not be told to anyone out side my contact to
you this day. I want you to do business with me and lets change our life forever. My opportunity is from God which i want you to share with me in one Faith.
 
 
My Boss, Mr. Jacobs Mustapha, the Managing Director/CEO of this Bank is now on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me to make all
 
international payments. Going through the file of the transfer of Huge sum of money from the WORLD BANK LONDON BRANCH to foreign accounts out side LONDON,
 
UNITED KINGDOM, I found out that the DEAD FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBYA Muammar Gaddafi with the aid of My Boss, Mr. Jacobs Mustapha, the Managing Director/CEO
 
of this Bank whom is on compulsory leave has single handedly underground withdrawed the sum of 115 million dollars out to different account which i believe
 
he was using in by illegal ammunitions for his fighters and sustaining his family before he fled away during the period he was declared wanted in his home
 
town. Due to the power vested on me by the world bank and International Monetary Fund, I can make all international payment which is a reason why i want both
 
of us to work hand in hand and have 50 MILLION DOLLARS to ourselves from the account of the former Libya president who is son does not have a IDEA of this
 
account because the WITHDRAWAL PERSON IS THE LATE MINSTER OF DEFENSE OF LIBYA whom died with the president of Libya his father during the run for his dear
 
life and has last made withdrawal from this account in the last 57 days ago as declared by the file i have in the banking file without the knowledge of My
 
Boss, Mr. Jacobs Mustapha, the Managing Director/CEO of this Bank whom is now on compulsory leave.
 
The total record balance of this account in my procession is 239 MILLION DOLLARS. I will personally and singled handedly transfer this fund to your bank
 
account once we get to understand each orders as partners. Rome was not built in a day, so we have to discuss seriously on our trust and make our selves 25
 
million to each which will be 50 Million dollars in total that i will transfer from this account to you once we are in good conditions and understand with a
 
Memorandum of Understanding.
 
To avoid the suspicion of your the filled transfer form that will be requesting the fund to be transfered to you as the receiver, i will let you guidelines
 
that will legalize you up of no questioning and stoppage from any security department and i will have your legal attention of all order as i still wait to
 
hear your reasoning on these matters to soften issues for us. The legal department of this transaction is confident i will be signing the transfer form which
 
should make you less worried of reflection and transfer authentication.
 
Awaiting your thoughtful response with the following information below.
 
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION/POSITION:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
EMAIL:
 
 
I want you to read carefully each lines and get back to me so we will know how to start and how we can end this soonest as i have the power to make us rich
 
but i need a trust and reasonable person like you to reason along with on these matters and is ready to give financial and perfect attention till i make
 
transfer of fund.
 
Anticipate your prompt response.
 
MR.MOHAMMED SAHEED
MANAGING DIRECTOR
EMAIL ADDRESS:mohammed_saheed101@live.com
WORLD INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
(I WILL HOLD MY NUMBER FOR NOW).

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