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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: FARIDA ABUDUL <farida@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: faridaabudul@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 06:29:15 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear



Hello Dear,

I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you, I am
Mrs.Farida Abudul, a Libyan National. I am 29 years old. I lost my
parent and siblings during the Libyan Uprising which ignited a series
of chaos that toppled the regime of Muammar Muhammad Gaddafi. My
family were attacked because my parent were not in support of the late
Maummar Muhammad Gaddafi regime. As the course of this, my family
members were murdered in cold blood. Since then, there have been
series of rape and crime going on in Libyan which will take a decade
to be wiped out the surge in Libyan. I am mandated to leave Libyan and
seek for a better life abroad but there is an issue which constrained
me. Before the death of my late family. there has a deposit of
($6,500,000) Six Million, Five hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in a Prime Bank in Libya, which was proposed to be invested
on real estate business. Due to the current situation in Libyan, I
decided to seek for an assistant of a worthy individual whom could
assist me to claim and invest this money in a lucrative business
oversea. All conformable documents to back up the claims will be made
available to you prior to your acceptance. I will offer your 40% of
the total sum, while you will also assist me to invest the remaining
60% sixty percent in a lucrative business over there. I would
appreciate your prompt response.

Be Blessed.

Farida


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