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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: BARRISTER MOHAMMED ASHRAF <barr.mohammedashraf@live.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:13:38 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?Together_w?= =?windows-1256?Q?e_can_achi?=
=?windows-1256?Q?eve_this.=FE?=

Dear friend,

Please accept my sincere apology for barging into your mail box uninvited, It is of
great urgency I have written you this mail.

I am Barrister MOHAMMED ASHRAF,I am one of the lawyers of Muammar Al-Gaddafi, the former


president of Libya who was killed by rebels on 20/10/2011.It was with great shock and
tears getting the news of the death of my client and friend.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051782/Gaddafi-dead-picture-How-NATO-air-strike-finished-Libyas-dictator.html?ito=feeds-newsxml



But i will like to go straight to the main reason why I have contacted you,which is of a
business proposal.

As a lawyer of the former president of Libya,I have access to most of his asset which he
disclosed to me secretly being his personal lawyer and friend,including an account where


he lodged a substantial amount of money which has not been detected by anyone including
the NATO.because we made this account secured for a long time.

Even after the world court have sanctioned that all AL-GADDAFI and Family Account should


be frozen,we still made sure this account was kept secret, up till this moment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12607026

they still have no trace on this account.I have prepared the document for the banking of


$24, 000,000.00 (TWENTY FOUR MILLION US DOLLARS)on this
account.

Since my friend is dead and I am the only one who has access to the account.I have
decided to share the said amount with you if only you are willing to help me with the


transfer of this funds,and I will share the funds with you 30% for you and 70% will come to me
which I will instruct you in my next email to you on how it will be transferred to me.

The reason why I consulted you to help me transfer this money,is that, I can't transfer


the money in my name.For I am Gaddafi's lawyer and if I transfer the money myself,it
will be noticed and linked that the money must be one of AL-GADDAFI's loot.

I strongly believe that,as one of the Ex-president's lawyer,some members of the interim


government who were close to the late Muammar Al-Gaddafi must be monitoring me to see if
there will be any trace of his assets which has not yet been discovered even when the
court's order was to freeze all of Al-Gaddafi's assets.



I will entrust you with further modalities on this transaction as soon as you agree to
partner with me.

If you are interested please contact me on this email address:
(barr.mohammedashraf@live.com)

I hope we can work together and be friends.

Sincere Regards,
Barrister Mohammed Ashraf.

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