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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Haroon Rashid" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrharoonrashid@mybestmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:16:26 +0100
Subject: From Barrister Haroon Rashid Esq,Awaiting Your Mail.

Barrister Haroon Rashid Esq.
Off Old Hall Lane, Worsley,
Manchester, UK.
 
Dear Friend,
 
I know that you will be surprise to read from my legal Chamber, But behold" I entreat you to take the will for the deed. However I got your address through your country's business directory. I have the pleasure to make this surprising but mutually benefiting business proposal to you.
 
 
I am Barrister Haroon Rashid Esq. a Notary public & Legal practitioner, my late friend and client, Mr Khamis Gadaffi, son of the late President of Libya Col. Muammar Gadaffi deposited in my care a sum of Fifteen million, two hundred thousand U.S dollars (US$15,200 000: in a Bank here in London.
 
 
 
As if my late friend knew or foresaw the revolution that happened in Libya, I and his intelligence chief, late Abdullah Al-Senussi deposited this money with his new registered company's name just 4 months before the revolution (fight) started in Libya which led to the killing of my late good friend Mr Khamis Gadaffi and by the Rebels in Libya who were against the elongated dictatorship regime of his fathers, Col. Muammar Gadaffi.
 
 
 
As God has destined it, if we had deposited this money with his real names, The Bank Or the British Government would have seized the fund and repatriated this mega amount of money back to the Libyan Government as a stolen and looted Public fund by Muammar Gadaffi's son.
 
 
 
Therefore with the Deposit Certificate of this fund in my custody, this fund is 100% safe and easy to claim since the Staff and Management of the Bank does not know that the real owner of this Deposited fund was one of the late Col. Muammar Gadaffi's son. I kept this transaction a top secret to myself only, when I heard that Mr Khamis Gadaffi and his intelligence chief, Abdullah Al-Senussi has been killed. Until last week that I went to the Bank and notified them that my client who has a fixed deposit with their Bank is dead.
 
 
 
It is therefore upon this subject that I decided to make this business proposal to you. I want to present you to the Bank as one of the top directors of the company and next of kin to my late client, so that the proceeds of this Oil Payment deposited fund will be transferred to any of your nominated account as his business partner/next of kin. And more-over nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. Because the banking law and guideline stipulates that if such money remained un-claimed for a while, the money will be reverted into their bank treasury as unclaimed floating fund.
 
 
 
Note that this deposited money (US$15.2 million dollars) will be paid to you as a Business associate and next of kin to my late client. Then after the transfer, we will share it in the ratio of 50% for me, 45% for you. While the remaining 5% will be used to defray all the expenses that we may likely incurred during the course of this transaction.
 
 
(1) I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names and address.
(2) Your telephone and mobile phone numbers where I can always reach you for any update.
(3)Copy of your driving licence or international passport.
Note: There is no risk involved at all, because I am his friend and his confidential attorney and I have the copy of this Deposit Certificate and all othe required documents and information, which will facilitate and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
 
 
Please this matter disclose to you is of the highest Top Secret, and such must be treated at your side.
If you are interested, send me e-mail immediately, I will then give you my phone numbers.
 
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Barrister Haroon Rashid.

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