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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: "Khalid" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <khalidomar72@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 05:01:14 -0400
Subject: Offer

 
 
My dear friend,
 
Greetings and compliments of the season,
 
My name is Khalid Omar, a former rebel army from Tripoli-Libya. Am
seeking your urgent cooperation to help me claim the sum of US $ 18.5 million Dollars
which is currently deposited in a security and finance company at Accra Ghana.
Before the uprising in Libya which led to the killing of Ghaddafi, I was
against Muammar Ghaddafi's barbaric government. In one of our routine
post, my superior officer and myself came across a box which we found to
contain millions of U.S. dollars. We took some money out of the box and
later moved the remaining US$ 18.5 million to a security and finance company at
Accra Ghana for safe keeping through the assistance of a senior red cross
officer, because we do not want Muammar Ghaddafi's barbaric government to
seize the money if we deposit it in a finance company in Libya. Now I am
currently on asylum since the death of Muammar Ghaddafi, while my
superior officer was among the troop killed in the last bloody cross fire
between late Gaddafi's loyalists and the federal troops in Gaddafi's home
town.
 
My purpose of sending this mail to you is for you to help me claim this
money from the security and finance company abroad, and keep safely for me
until I am relocate from here and join you for investment of my share. If
you are ready to help me, you have my permission/authority to collect 30%
of the money as your share after clearing the box from the security and
finance company. If you are ready to help me, send to me immediately the
following information:
 
1. Your names,
2. Your contact address,
3. Your telephone numbers.
4. Your occupation
 
As soon I receive your reply, I will give you further information on how
to claim the box from the security and finance company as my proxy. Please
help me and reply me immediately you received this mail via my email
address:khalidomar72@gmail.com
 
Your friend in urgent need,
Khalid Omar
 
+233206366431

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