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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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Fraud email example:

From: Jamila Mohammed <jamila_mohammed1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:12:57 +0200
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT.

Dear Trusted Friend,
Let this message not surprise you, I am contacting you due to the problem in my late boss family(late Muammar Gaddafi) since the problem of my country and the death of my boss and his son Saif al-Arab who died by NATO air strike.

I am Jamila Mohammed one of the top female bodyguard of late Muammar Gaddafi, the embattled president of Libya; I am currently residing in MALAYSIA unfortunately as a refugee. Many of my boss investments and bank accounts in several countries have been freeze.

Could you please give me your ears lets see if we would discuss as friends.

Since the former administration of my boss (late Muammar Gaddafi) was ousted from power and killed by NATO air strike,its allied forces and Anti government parastatals,International Criminal Court has issued arrest warranty to nab all children of the late Muammar Gaddafi and the top government office holders;thereby declaring us wanted.

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 hideout in malaysia, but will never disclose to you my present location in malaysia until I receive your interest in return in assisting me to safeguarding my life with that of my family assets.

I will make you a part of my family heritage, if you can help me out at this difficult time of my life. All I need from you is for you to assist me receive some funds in your country. I have a big sums of money in one of the security company in Malaysia that my late boss ordered me to lodge with the security company as a family treasure which is registered/lodged by me in my name. All you need to do is to help me to move this box to your country with your own name which i will work on the change of ownership and the box will be on your name. I don't want anybody to know about this.

If you are interested to assist me in this regards kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details on how to proceed. Needless to say that I will compensate you handsomely with 40% of the total fund once the box is move out of the security company to your own country and i will join you in your country to settle down.

Please get back to me for more detail and make sure you keep this issue strictly confidential for my own safety.

Your urgent reply means a lot to me.

Sincerely,
Jamila Mohammed

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