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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: Webmail Team <educacao@stitaipu.pr.gov.br>
Reply-To: Webmail Team <safia_54@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 05:10:39 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: ALLAH IS GREAT

Goodday Sir/Madam,

I am Safia Farkash Gaddafi wife of late Muammar Gaddafi the commander of
Libya's elite Special Forces.I am contacting you to assist me in removing the
sum of thirty six million USA dollars been deposited with a security company
in United Kingdom.

The funds was deposited with a security company in my name by my late husband
before his death and as a matter of fact, my only son and the entire
family of
my husband in-law were
trapped in a bunker here in Tripoli,I manage to sneak out with my son with
the
help of a security guard on duty that faithful day,i manage to crossed the
border and I am presently into hiding in Algeria without any other means of
communication unless my laptop hoping to arrange for my traveling out
possible
to Europe to safe guard my life because I know that the regime of my late
husband has collapse after his death.

Please for your kind assistance I will offer you 30% of the total sum,
all the legal documentation concerning the deposit in the security company,I
will only
write power of attorney making you the new beneficiary of the deposit so
that the security company can release the consignment to you.
Bear in mind that the funds was deposited with the security firm as
household effect, therefore they do not know the real content, so you are
going to collect the consignment as house effect from the security company
whereas only you and me know the real content.

Once you successfully collect the consignment from the security company
you will send me with some money so that I can arrange for my traveling
where we can meet ourselves for disbursement.

May Allah grant you the heart to assist me and my only son in our
trial period, please never you abandon me with my son and daughter just
because we are
Arabs, but I want to assure you that I am of a clean heart that was
brought up under western education but married to a cruel family.
Get back with your details so that we can proceed without delay because lam
here without help from no one.Please reply only on this
email: safia_54@rediffmail.com


Best Regards

Safia Farkash Gaddafi


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