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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: "Charlse Brown " <bcharlse76@mail.kz>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:39:00 +0000
Subject: hello

ATTN:

I AM MR Charlse Brown THE OPERATION/DELIVERY MANAGER OF BF
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMPANY ACCRA GHANA

SIR,MY COMPANY IS A PRIVATE SECURITY STORAGE COMPANY THAT MANY OF
AFRICAN,S LEADER NORMALLY KEPT THEIR FUND (MONEY) BEFORE MOVING IT
ABROAD EITHER BY BANK TRANSFER OR BY DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION,THERE IS TWO SEALED CONSIGNMENT BOXES AT MY
DISPOSAL CONTAINING FIVE MILLIONS UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$5,000.000)
AND THE TWO CONSIGNMENT BOXES WAS BROUGHT TO MY COMPANY SEPTEMBER
2011 THROUGH A COURIER COMPANY FROM LIBYA NORTH AFRICA CALLED
(GATFYFAX LOGISTICS) AND THE OWNER OF THIS FUND (LATE MUTASSIM
GADDAFI)THE GADDAFI SON THAT WAS KILLED WITH HIS FATHER 22 OCTOBER
2011.

AND NOBODY KNEW THAT THIS FUND IS AT MY DISPOSAL BECAUSE IMMEDIATELY
THE NEWS OF LATE GADDAFI AND HIS SON MUTASSIM WAS ANNOUNCED,I QUICKLY
MOVED THIS FUND FROM MY COMPANY CUSTODY TO ANOTHER PRIVATE STORAGE
COMPANY IN GHANA FOR SAFE KEEPING AND TO ALLOW MY COMPANY MANAGEMENT
NOT TO AWARE OF THIS TWO CONSIGNMENT BOXES OF US$5,000,000 )

AND SINCE LAST YEAR OCTOBER THAT THE OWNER OF THIS FUND WAS KILLED
WITH HIS FATHER NOBODY ELSE HAS CAME FOR THE FUND. AND FOR THIS THAT I
CONTACTED YOU SO THAT YOU START AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND
US$500,000.000 SO THAT IT CAN BE MOVED TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY EITHER
BY BANK TRANSFER OR BY DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SO THAT WE SHARE IT 50/50
AFTER THE FUND IS FINALLY TRANSFER OR MOVE TO YOU.

PLS CONTACT ME ASAP IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS.
YOUR,S

Best Regards,
Mr. Charlse Brown

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