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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: "Br. George Richardson" <INFO@LIVE.COM> (may be fake)
Reply-To: br.georgerichardson@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:51:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE



Dear Sir/Ma,

My name is Br. George Richardson a British Senior Advocate and a personal lawyer

to Mr.Abdulhafid Zlitni the former Minister of Finance and Planning in Libya
during the regime of Moammar Gadhafi who's regime has crumbled and he has been
killed when rebels took over all the cities in Libya including the Capital
territory which is Tripoli. All Government and Private offices has been
paralyzed and nothing is moving again in Libya Country just because of the war.

Recently, the rebels captured Moammar Gadhafi and killed him with his (2) son
and the rest of his family both his (2) wife's and other children ran to
Algeria for an asylum for the safety of there lives.

Now, because of my position as a British Advocate and a personal Lawyer to
Mr.Abdulhafid Zlitni, he deposited a total sum of (US$US16M) Sis-teen Million
United State Dollars Only with the help of his close friend who also died in the

war and all the formal president of Libya late Gadhafi's Properties all over the

World has been confiscated by the World powers.

I will like to move this Fund to your Country immediately for an investment and

fund will be packaged as a Family Treasure which will be Sealed, Stamped and
Registered with your full names and address as the rightful beneficiary of the
Treasure which will not implicate you or myself as we do this deal, if only you

will agree to assist me in receiving the Fund in your Country.

Finally, the sharing ratio will be 50% 50% for both of us okay.

We will discuss more on this subject matter as soon as i hear from you.

Regards,

Barrister George Richardson(Esq

Email,br.georgerichardson@hotmail.com

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