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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: "Oman Mahmudi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <omanmahmudi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:38:58 -0500
Subject: TOP SECRET MY FRIEND

TOP SECRET MY FRIEND

From your heart accept this offer as we have lost the battle, my name is Oman Mahmudi the son of Baghdadi Mahmudi The Former Prime Minister to the late Libyan President Muammar al-Gaddafi, who ruled Libyan for over 42 years in leadership, I am writing you this mail with deep pains from my heart because my life is also at risk after the death of The late Leader,I am hiding in one undisclosed domain at the moment and am using this opportunity to release the secret fund deposit given to me by my father Baghdadi Mahmudi before his arrest to import guns and weapons for the civil war which we finally lost in the end, this fund was deposited in a local security company and the rest of the fund was deposited in a Bank in United Kingdom, total sum of USD 56 Million. (Fifty Six Million US Dollars Only)


As the civil war is over, i need a beneficiary that is capable of handling this funds, can you be trusted and are you capable of handling this large fund? im willing to offer 70% from the fund to establish good investment that can benefit both of us in any country of your choice and 30% to set up an orphanage home a i have found Allah (God) and accept him in my heart after loosing my family to this war.If you are interested to work on this dream get back to me omanmahmudi@gmail.com with all your information to enable me direct you on how to contact the local security company and the Bank as to proceed from there with your mutual understanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g07otrwI4j4&skipcontrinter=1


Thank you as you watch and i still have more to tell you as we proceed.

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