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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: "Mrs.Safia Farkash Ghaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.safiafarkashghadaffi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:19:15 +0100
Subject: I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU CONCERNING THIS

Greetings My Dear Friend,

How are you and your family doing over there,hope fine and well? it is my pleasure to know you,i will
gladly introduce my self to you''i am a sincere and honest lady,my names are Mrs.Hajia Safia Farkash Ghadaffi
the wife of the late Libya head of state,Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi.

Following the sudden death of my husband 69yrs old Colonel Muammar Gaddafi the late former President
of Libya in October 2011, I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by
the present civilian administration of Libya,me and my family was subjected to physical and psychological torture
by the security agents in the country. My son was also killed during the process of the battle between the rebels
and my late Husband. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody within the country(Libya),
so me and my remaining kids has been able to leave the country and move to a quiet and peace country Algeria where
i will be staying quietly for sometime until i will be able to be able to travel out, You must have heard over the media
reports and the internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my husband in different security firms
abroad, some companies and Banks willingly give up their secrets and disclosed our money confidently lodged there or many
outright blackmail. In fact the total sum discovered by the present Government so far amounted to billions of dollars. And
they are not relenting to make me and my kids poor for life. I got your contacts through my personal research, and out of
desperation i decided to reach you through this medium.I will give you more information as to this regard as soon as you reply.
I repose great confidence and trust in you hence my approach to you due to security network placed on my day to day affairs
I cannot afford to visit the embassy or make any phone calls, so that is why I decided to contact you through email which is
safer and easier for me, I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. I was able to deposit the sum of ($40,000,000.00)
Fourty Million Dollars deposited with a private bank and Financial security Company Abroad whose name is witheld for now
until we open communication and the funds are well packaged and deposited in a escrow/suspense account.I shall be grateful
if you could receive this funds into your account for safe keeping and the funds can as well be delivered to you as packagesjust
the way it was transported and deposited with the Financial security Company Abroad. This arrangement is known to you and
my daughter Aisha alone,as security is up my whole being.I am seriously considering to settle down abroad in a friendly
atmosphere like yours as soon as this funds gets to you,so that I can start all over again if only you wish me to survive and
start a new life over there, but if it is impossible,just help me in diverting this fund into your account which will accrue you
(20%) of the total amount of funds.Please honesty is the watch word in this our transactions and projects.I will require your
telephone and fax numbers so that,i can be able to forward more details and information to you for we to commence
communication immediately and I will give you a more detailed picture of things. Incase you dont accept please do not let me
out to the security as I am giving you this information in 100% total trust and confidence .I will greatly appreciate if you accept
my proposal in good faith and i will Kindly ask you to furnish me with your personal informations which must include your full
contact informations for my personal attorney to get your Authorisation for claim ready and other related documents that you will
need to get the packages of funds claimed and transferred to you as heir/beneficiary/next of kin,please send this details as
soon as possible.

1) Your full names.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Profession, age and marital status.

Please Send me mail with this details as soon as you receive this letter for further discussion and more i
nformations for my private/personal lawyer to get the neccessary documents ready for you to claim the
packages of funds from the Financial security company/Bank and delivered or transfer the funds to you in
your country where i will come and meet you after the end of this matter. Please expedite your action.
May the Almighty Allah grant you all your heart desires as you are willing to help me do this for both of us
to live a good life in the nearest future, Insha-Allah.


PLEASE DON'T BETRAY ME,I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND I AM LOOKING FOWARD TO
MEET WITH YOU SOMEDAY IN YOUR COUNTRY WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GET THE FUNDS
WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY,I HAVE ATTACHED MY PICTURE FOR YOU TO KNOW ME AND MY LATE
HUSBAND,PLEASE KEEP EVERYTHING SAFE UNTIL I MEET YOU SOMEDAY AND YOU WILL TAKE
YOUR 20% AND KEEP THE REMAINING FUNDS SAFE TILL I COME AND START A NEW LIFE TO INVEST
THE FUNDS IN BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

Best Regards
Mrs.Hajia Safia Farkash Ghadaffi ....

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