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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 Musa Koussa," <universalparcelservice@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: musakoussa@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:11:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BUISNESS PROPOSAL.




Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Musa  Koussa from Libya ,foreign intelligence chief (Muammaral-Gaddafi),
during the regime of Former Libya Leader (Muammaral-Gaddafi),
the tiny oil-rich country in Africa

I will save your time by not amplifying his extended royal family history,
which has already been disseminated by the international media during this
controversial dispute that erupted between my Master (Muammar al-Gaddafi) and
President of United States, the President of United States (Barrack Obama).

As you may know from the international media, the United States President
Barack Obama gave sanction to Muammar al-Gaddafi due to his brutal crackdown
against the demonstrators who opposed his leadership. The sanctions are given
to weaken the Libyan government until the government which is initially strong
becomes hobbled. Sanctions which given by Barack Obama to Gaddafi by seizing
assets of Gaddafi in the United States and blocking properties owned by
Gaddafi and his four sons in the U.S. You can read more on the website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12636798

Furthermore during this unfortunate period, I was advised to evacuate my
immediate family outside the Libyan with his security operatives to a nearby
country, but before I could do that, we noticed that the United States
President has placed his security but I have been able to move some funds
outside the country before this instruction.

Before my Incarceration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of Nine hundred and
Eighty-Five Million United States Dollars (US$985,000,000.00) of Muammar
al-Gaddafi funds in cash with the assistance of a foreign diplomat who now
reside in Europe.

The money has now been deposited as valuables into different private security
and trust company for safe keeping abroad. The money where spited and kept in
the following countries in this proportion: US$150 Million is in London UK,
US$250 Million is in Brussels Belgium, US$120 Million is in Asia, US$185
Million is in Madrid Spain and the balance of US$280 Million is in Amsterdam
Holland and some parts of Europe.

Please if you know you can assist in claiming and investing it in real
estate/property to guarantee the future survival of my family, contact me fast
so that I'll give you contact information of my confidant, (The Diplomat) and
the security company in Europe and other parts of the world where the funds
are deposited. For your assistance I will compensate you with 30% of the total
sum and another 5% shall be given to you to defray any expenses that you made
on transfer process.

Please I can only send you an email as they may monitor my calls, I have a
Palm V hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.

Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while
looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this
business transaction and know that this business is risky free for both of us
as my master Muammar al-Gaddafi has announce dead so we have nothing to fear
again than to keep this secret within ourselves and claim those funds for our
own future investments. I will also let you know where I deposited My Master
Gold what of $95m in Ghana in case you have idea about it or you have somebody
that knows about that do let me know as soon as possible .

I wait urgently to hear from you with your positive response.

Thanks & May Allah blessings remain with you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Musa  Koussa
Email-(musa.koussa@yahoo.com


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