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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: "nadia fatah younis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nadiafattahyounis@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:28:08 +0200
Subject: YOUR SINCERE ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED URGENTLY

Welcome My Dear, i am happy you have contacted me and i appreciate your letters. I hope you received this message with good fate, though i may not know you too well but be assured that what i intend discussing with you is real and the steps to follow in having it done is genuine and legal.

My name is Nadia Fatah Younis, I'm a Libyan citizen and I'm 27 years of age. I have lived in the UK since i was only 2yrs old, i schooled there in the UK where i graduated in the field of ECONOMICS. My late father (ABDUL FATAH YOUNIS) was one of the late president Gaddafi's loyalists, who before his assassination was the former Interior & Defense Minister In Libya. Before the death of my father, he stroke an oil deal that fetched him some good sum of money amounting to (9.5 million U.S Dollars). So he decided that part of this money be deposited with a Foreign Financial Outfit for business purposes. He actually headed up with his plans and succeeded in depositing this funds with a Foreign Financial Outfit.

I am presently taking refuge with my mother in a border town of saloum (Egypt) where we have lived till date due to the long lasting crisis that took place in my home country Libya. You can visit the below links for more information:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/29/abdul-fatah-younis-killed-libya
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/01/abdul-fatah-younis-killing-war-death-or-assassination/
After the assassination of my father, I & my mother later searched and found all the documents relating to this transaction my late father had with this Financial Outfit in his private room. We tried contacting this Financial Outfit by email to claim our money but, the manager of the Financial Outfit told us, we cannot directly receive the money due to our refugee status, and for the ongoing war & insecurity in my country, except we send address and details of a trustee outside our country who can assist us by receiving the funds for us. I was searching online to find a trustworthy person that can be of help to us when my heart directed me to your profile.

Please sir, i will like you to stand as my trustee by contacting this Financial Outfit for the successfully claim of my late father's funds, My mother & i have agreed to compensate anyone who can assist us in retrieving this funds with 30% from the total funds.
NOTE: This transaction must remain a top secret between you & i alone, and on no account should there be a third party for security/safety reasons until the funds has been transferred to you safely.

Best Regards,
Nadia Fatah Younis.

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