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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: info.ibnmuktar@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 06:22:14 +0700
Subject: Your Kind Cooperation Needed


Good Day.

I am Ibn Muktar Al-Zayani, the managing director of Al Aman Bank, Dat El
Imad Complex 11
Tower – Ground Floor, Tripoli, Libya and a financial adviser to Goldman
Sachs. I am contacting you in the hope of reaching a mutual agreement
regarding a sum total of Ninety Five Million Dollars$95.000.000.00USD. The
funds belongs to the Late Colonel Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi.

He was killed on the 20 October, 2011 by the National Transitional Council
(NTC) fighters. Having failed to relinquish power for a peaceful transition
to democracy or surrender to NATO.

The NTC is determined on confiscating all funds traceable to the late ruler
but the aforementioned sum is 100% safe with the bank. It was secretly
deposited and has been moved to another Bank in Southeast Asia. I have all
the legal documents backing up the funds for claim.

One thing is certain; this project is 100% risk free. You will be requested
of your International Passport which will show your willing to receive the
funds into your account. You reach me with details of interest including
your bank account details for further modalities to retrieve the funds.

Sincerely
Ibn Muktar Al-Zayani

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