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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: Muhammad Abdul <tanthonyaudit@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: Muhammad Abdul <mabdul@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 05:20:29 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Libya Crisis




Salam Alaykum,
 
Good
day to you and your family, my name is Muhammad Saif Abdul i am from
Ajdabiya near Benghazi in the northern part of libya,i want to cease
this opportunity to introduce my self and my reason of contacting you,
but I am sending this mail to you. my late father (Saif Abdul) before
his death was one of the aides to colonel Muammar Gaddafi.upon the out
break of crises in the city of Benghazi, my late father decided that the
city was not safe for us to stay in any longer and as such we had to
flee to Tripoli(the capital) since it was safe as at that time.

many
families took the same decision to run away from Benghazi. But
unfortunately on our way to the capital city, we met a road block
mounted by the rebel force and they opened fire on our vehicle as well
as others. my mother and one of my brothers died at the spot as s result
of the bullet wounds sustained, my father, my only sister and brother
manage to escape, but my father had bullet wounds, which later killed
him, because of the blood and the bullet has done a lot of damage inside
his body system, he could not survive it,


am calling on your
attention to help me receive my consignment which contains boxes of
money that is already in u.s.a  with a diplomat.the consignment is
suppose to be received by a man name (Mr. Michael Milligan), but on the
arrival of the diplomat in u.s.a he discovered that Mr. Michael Milligan
has been jailed for driving and driving according to report of diplomat
got.

right now there is nobody to receive the consignment over
there in u.s.a and that is why i am calling on your attention to help me
receive it and you will not regret it.please i beg you in the name of
almighty Allah i don't want you to disclose the content of my boxes to
the diplomat because he is not aware of what  is carrying, his duty is
to make sure he deliver the boxes to my beneficiary that all .

so
all i want yo u to do is to help me receive it, the amount in the boxes
is $12.800.000.00 million us dollars .i want you to assure me that you
are a trust worthy person. i want you to contact the diplomat, he is in
Washington dc right now. as soon as you accept to assist me and reply my
e-mail, i will send the contact details of the diplomat to you, so that
you will call him immediately for him to come and deliver the
consignment to you.
 
If you are will to assist me i will give you
the information of the diplomat, for you to call him to come and
deliver the boxes to you in your house i shall send you the identity of
late Mr. Milligan. May the good Allah bless you and your family.

best regards,
Muhammad Saif Abdul

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