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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: Al Mukta Ibrahim <mnazulejo.angelicacabral@imc-ip.pt>
Reply-To: Al Mukta Ibrahim <Mukta.Ibrahim_11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:11:59 +0000 (WET)
Subject:



Greetings,

I am coming to you with a sincere heart that both of us should benefit from this business,however, it is my wife that is suppose to take the responsibility of this package but I lost her at bomb attack about five months ago and my only brother who I would have entrusted this on, has given himself to drugs and is now in a rehabilitation center.
My Name is Al mukta Ibrahim. am a Libyan citizen, a former Aides to Muammar Gaddafi but am presenlty on Asylum in a neighbouring country.

This transaction is concerning the sum of amount $25.5million U.S dollars and some many quantity of Gold Bars that belong to my late Boss Col Muammar al-Gaddafi who was killed by the rebels on the 20Th OCT 2011 in his home town Sirte,Libya.

I shall await your urgent and prompt response before i can provide to you the needed information and to enable us commence on this transaction.

Best Regards,
Al Mukta Ibrahim


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