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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: "Haziz Abdul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdhazz231@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:35:10 -0700
Subject: URGENT SECRET PLEASE REPLY

Hello,



I want to talk to you as a friend.First,I want you to understand that my contact to you is not from any reference. Could you please give me your ears lets see if we would discuss as friends, although that you will be surprise about me contacting you. Do not have a negative thought or bias mind while reading this mail for i have a positive intention for approaching you for safeguarding me and my family wealth. I believed that my contact with you will lead us into mutual positive yielding, because you and I will get close to know each other very well once we maintained dignity and transparency among us.

My name is Abdoul - Haziz ;I was the financial adviser to the former chief aid to the the special adviser of the defense minister {Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr} to the late libya leader.A top Libyan government official,within this period of Libyan revolution i was able to vacate the country with my family due to the political turmoil that erupted in Libya. My late boss was prominent for years in the government of President Muammar Gaddafi of Libya who is now demise.

Since the former administration was ousted from power by NATO,its allied forces ,National Transition Council,NTC,International Criminal Court has issued arrest warranty to nab all the top government office holders who alligned with the late leader of libya{Muammar Ghadaffi}; thereby declaring us wanted.Gaddafi’s surprisingly death, has called for intensive search by NTC;world-acclaim Court.

Before I go into further details please be informed that I am writing this to you without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my contact to you, because I am currently in political hideout in the USA, but will never disclose to you my present location in U.S until I receive your interest in return in assisting me to safeguarding my life with that of my family assets.

Although, it may sound to you ridiculous or strange for hearing, but be well informed that I will disclose everything about me once I hear from you again.




Thanks, I would be looking forward to hearing from you.

Dr.Abdoul Haziz

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