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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 Brown <mrs.brown-967@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrsmargaret_brown01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 10:51:31 +0100
Subject: Secret of Muammar Gaddafi Late Leader of Libya

Greetings,

I am writing this mail to you and wishing it to reach you in good health as myself is in a very critical health condition in which I go to bed every night not sure if I will be alive the next morning.  My name is Mrs.Margaret Brown. from Adelaide South Australia currently taken cancer treatment here in Armenia. I left with no choice but to be open to you. I am married to the late Mr. Morris Brown who until his death in October 2005 was secret agent to the now late leader Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. We were married for thirteen years without children until the morning he died in his hotel room in Dubai due to heart related problem. From that very day I decided to maintain my status as a widow and never to marry again.

When my husband was alive he deposited the sum of £13,700,000.00 Million GBP with the Banco Santander in London. He made this secret deposit on behalf of Late Leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi for the purchasing of shares. As it is now, I am the only person that knows of the existence of this amount but presently taken cancer treatment here in Armenia for the doctor has made it clear to me that I am no more responding to medications indicating that I have only but a very short time to live.

Having considered my position, I have decided to use you and carry out my plans. I will guide you to receive the amount thereby you will take 30% of it for yourself and family while remaining 70% and build a heart foundation in memory of my late husband and an orphanage home for the motherless babies. However, if you are not capable of handling this task or do not have confidence in it, please quickly delete the message and forget about it. I will be waiting to hear from you with below information's and do get back to me bellow information;


Full names..............
Sex....................  
Age.....................
Nationality.............
Country of residence........
Occupation.................

Thanks and regards.
Mrs.Margaret Brown.

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