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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: "ahmed.salehnajem01" <ahmed.salehnajem01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedsalehnajem@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 03:41:21 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: (GADDAFI LATE LIBYA'S PRESIDENT DEATH SECRET)




With due respect, I am one of former personal investmentplanner to late Leader of Libya MUAMMAR GADDAFI. I got your contact detailsfrom the national wide e-mail user on my search for a capable and trustworthyperson for my investment plan and decided to contact you directly after dueconsiderations. Therefore, I respectfully insist you read this letter carefullybefore you either take a decision of proceeding or deleting my message as I amoptimistic it will be successful for unimaginable financial benefit for both ofus. I believe you know about the previous war and current crisis in Libya? Manyfamilies lost their hard-earned money and life during the war including myselfthat could only come out alive.

I need your help to invest a deposited fund in your country, these funds areproceeds of contracts executed by late Leader of Libya MUAMMAR GADDAFI;Examples the BP's US$900M Libyan oil exploration contract in 2007, shares inJuventus Football Club, Eni: the Italian oil giant, the parent company of Penguinand Financial Times including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and the CarlyleGroup. In order to ensure that all of these assets are not frozen due to suddendeath of original depositor who died as the result of previous war in LibyaMUAMMAR GADDAFI, he deposited a sealed box with a firm that I can not mentionto you until I get strong confidence and trust in you, the sealed box containsthe huge sum of $39,700,000.00 United States Dollars.

I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner althoughthis medium of communication (Internet) has been grossly abused by criminalminded people making it difficult for people with genuine message to correspondand exchange views without skepticism. Anyway, I guarantee you that thisventure is risk free giving that the funds are certified clean and yourservices as qualified Solicitor in your country will be retained. Be informedthat for participating in this deal, 32% of the total value will be for you asmy co-operative partner while 65% will be for me as the principal initiator ofthe deal of which you will also benefit from my invest in your line ofbusiness. Then, the remaining 3% will be made available for the poor and warvictims.

If you are interested in running this transaction with me, kindly respond backto me but if you are not convinced to handle this deal with me then do me afavor by deleting this message from your mail box and help me seal theconfidentiality of this matter.

Regards,
Ahmed Saleh Najem.

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