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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: KHADEJA <mremerson44@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mr.khadeja277@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:36:55 +0300
Subject: Good Day

Good Day

I am Khadeja the daughter of Abu Bakr Yunis the former security head to Col Muammar Gaddafi of Libya Me and my only

brother intend to invest in Real Estate and and other lucrative business in your country. We are also looking for a

reliable person that will help us to invest this money because we are wanted and currently hiding in South Africa.

The money was kept for us by our late father who died during the war in Libya. The amount is US$ 29 MILLION ( TWENTY NINE

MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) Kindly update me if you can represent our interest or if there is any other lucrative

Business in the area related to your field, do not delay to keep me posted and please don’t tell anyone. We have

concluded with a financial consultant who will wire out this fund to your country without any risk.


Already Libyan authorities have started requesting for the repatriation of funds and gold kept by Muammar Gaddafi from the

South African government.


Full Name:
Full Address:
Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Age:
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You’re Email:
Country of Origin:
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I can be reached directly on TEL: +27-611338735, Fax: 086 577 3508

Thanks for anticipate cooperation.

Best regards,


KHADEJA


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