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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: ISA YOUNES <seth22coker@gmail.com>
Reply-To: isayounes@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:41:16 +0000
Subject: Partnership/Investment

Hello,

I got your contact in a reliable database on the internet and decided
to write you for assistance.

I am Isa Younes a native of Tripoli in Libya, Son of Late General
Abdul Fattah Younes, who was the Military Commander of the National
Transitional Council (NTC) the Opposition in Libya`s civil war.

If you are current with the news of the uprising and revolution in the
Northern Africa, particularly in my Country Libya, then I think I
would not need to say much about the circumstance surrounding the
assassination of my Father. Following the Clamor of the Libyans for
our Dictator; Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to step down after forty (40)
good year of military rule, a Transition Government was set up by the
Libyans in conjunction with the Western Communities to battle Colonel
Gaddafi out of power.

On the Thursday 28 of July 2011, My Father (Abdul Fattah Younes) was
killed with two fellow military officials when he was summoned by the
ruling NTC in Benghazi to defend his direction of the arm rebellion,
and explain its stalled progress. He never got that chance.

My main purpose of sending you this email is to humbly ask for you
assistance to help me retrieve the sum of Sixteen Million and Three
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars [$16.300.000.00USD] and 175
Kilo-gram of Alluvia Gold which was deposited by my late Father in a
Storage Company and help me to invest the said Funds in a profitable
Venture.

You would be greatly compensated for accepting to assist me.

Upon the receipt of your email, I would give you further details as to
how to proceed.

Yours sincerely

Isa Younes

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