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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: Mrs Amina Jaber <officef310@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: aminajaber527@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:08:39 +0800 (CST)
Subject: I am Mrs Amina Younis Jaber From Libya,Urgent Reply




Hello
Dear, 
Please
do not be embarrassed for this sudden business proposal, In a brief
 introduction,
I am Mrs. Amina Andrea Younis Jaber a wife to late Major General
Abu Bakr Younis Jaber From Libya who was Libyan Minister of Defence under
the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
 
I
myself was a financial consultant in Libya, because of Libyan war I
am right
now in Republic of Benin with my last child due to the war in my country;
my husband was murdered along with my two kids by the National Transitional
Council, Libya's interim government fighter...
 
Visit
website     

https://crescentshift. wordpress.com/tag/abu-bakr- yunis-jabr/

In
summary of my business proposal, before my husband's death he
deposited in
my name (US$18,000,000.00) Eighteen Million United State Dollars in
a consignment
with a private security company outside my country (Libya) for safe
keeping only.We lost everything we had in Libya and I cannot boast
of one
cent with me as a living person accept this funds, I wish to invest
the above
mentioned amount in a stable economy outside Africa.
 
My
interest is in Land properties or companies with potentials for
rapid growth
in long terms. I am interested in placing part of the investment plans
in your care for better ideas and successfulmanagement, so please if your
country's by-laws allow foreign investment kindly update me.You
can contact me for more details via my e-mail: with your reference, note
that the fund is drug free and has no money laundering related matter.
 

PLEASE
REPLY TO   (  juliakhani@sify.com ) 
I
await your kind response.
 Yours
Sincerely,
Mrs
Amina Younis Jaber

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