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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: "Mr. MOHAMMED YUSF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammed_yusf@mail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:41:23 +0530
Subject: ATTENTION

Good day,

I am Mr. MOHAMMED YUSF, one of the personal aides to Saif Al Islam
Ghadaffi, forma president of Libya, Mr Muammar Gaddafi.
Because of the recent resolution by The International community for
immediate seizure of the assets of the embattled president Mr Muammar
Gaddafi, both in cash and properties around the world, Mr Saif Al Islam Al
Gaddafi, who is the chairman of Gaddafi International Charity and
Development Foundation (GICDF) I needed an international investment
partner to assist with me moving and investment of $10.5 Million US
Dollars which is in cash and is stashed in two trunk boxes in Switzerland
..
The boxes can be moved directly to you in your country and once you
receive the box, you will help us to invest the money in a lucrative
business. Please note that this is a very confidential transaction and
should not be mentioned to a third party. We will be willing to give you
15% of the total cash for your help in this transaction. We want to move
the funds out of Africa ASAP due to the civil war in Libya at the moment
and we do not want to use regular banking method as we do not trust any
European Bank. Please if you agree to help, you should not worry about
your safety as we have logistics in place to move the box through
diplomatic courier and it will be delivered to your doorstep without any
problems.
Replies immediately with your full name, address,

NAME: ===============================
ADDRESS: ============================
MOBILE NO.:==========================
NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT:========
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION: ======
for easy Communication.
Get back to me as soon as you get this message.
Sincerely.
MOHAMMED YUSF
mohammed_yusf@mail.com
Note that this is a deal and I would want this
Transaction to be confidential,

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