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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "bustillos ada" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emil2@superposta.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:11:19 +0100
Subject: Gold Dust And Fund For Investment. Can You Handle The Project?

Respected,
 
I will be Happy to read you promptly and your interest to achieve this prospect together with me . Am glad getting across with a reliable personality like you who will help me to invest this fund . Kindly introduce yourself properly and your work experience. Am attaching to you my profile.
 
It will make a good sense to begin with an identification of my humble self.  My name is Mrs. Bustillous Madam Ada Emillia Younis  Venezuela Citizen married to Libyan and wife of late Col. Abdel Fatah Younis  who was shot dead during the civil war in Libya. I am a loyal companion and a business representative of President Muammar Al-Gaddafi . In other words, I have been his purchasing manager for years and we deal in crude oil lifting and Gold transactions.
 
For the purpose of clarity, I will ask you to kindly send me the feasibility study and business plan in the sector that you feel and knows that we can invest these funds wisely for the benefit of both of us.
Finally, based on the experience i have had here in our base, seeing all these innocent children and thier parents suffering and dying every day because of  hunger, lack of medication and good water here. YES, i promised my God that if  he sees my family and i through this difficult and trial times, we shall invest massively in the area of human service ( HUMANITARIAN ) to give a better life to the suffering society in our own little way.it will be a dream come true.
 
Since the unbelievable kidnapping of the Libyan Prime minister, things has changed from worse to worst. Even the so called politicians, top government officials, security agents, in fact, all the  influential citizens have limited their fundamental human rights especially, freedom of movement , associations and expressions because nobody knows who is who anymore. There is tremendous fear in the land as the under cover agents and informants of the militants keep on increasing with unbelievable rapidity.
And if these government agents with all their security can not guarantee their own safety, WHAT WILL BE THE FAITH OF THE COMMON AND DEFENSELESS CIVILIANS? Nobody is save and anything can happen to anyone at any time and i wouldn't like any of my family members to be a party to that avoidable risk.
I really thank God that the investment fund is already out of Libya. The only way to avoid the possibility of being killed is by leaving here and there is only one person i can trust to work and partner in this world who has all it takes to make this happen and that person IS YOU AND YOUR COMPANY AS I HAVE SEEN IN YOUR PROFILE.
 
Be informed that the total amount I have in my possession is valued $1 million to $240Million and 500kg Gold Bar which is completely out of Libyan bank.
 
To get the record straight, the money in question just as i told you in the introductory part of the transaction, the money in all honesty belong to the late Libya president, late colonel Mummah Gaddafi who looted the money from central bank of Libya. The late president later handed over the money to my late husband for safekeeping purposes.
He did this based on the cordial relationship that existed between him and my husband and at the same time, to protect his safety and that of his  family members in case of any leakage that could have possible occurred during the movement of this so called money out of Libya to the bank for lodging.
Since the two men who knew about the whereabouts of the money are dead, the present administration are leaving no stone unturned to recover any money looted out from Libya during the regime of Late President. On this ground, for the betterment of this project, the origin and and source must be kept highly confidential by you. You were told the origin of this fund to give you an insight of it. The money is a stolen money looted from the central bank of Libya by my late husband and the late Libyan
president.
 
 
However, If there is something i like more than each other in this world, it is the word "TRANSPARENCY". that is part of who i am and that was why at the initial stage of this transaction, i called a spade a spade by bringing it to your notice the origin of the fund in question. I told you that in all honesty, the right owner of the fund in question is the late President Mummer Gadaffi who LOOTED the money from Libyan Central Bank. In other words, the money was stolen from the Central Bank Of Libya by Gadaffi and was handed over to my late husband to lodge in the bank of which my name was used as the co-beneficiary.
 
 
1. I seeking that company or individual who have the ability to assist me for the transfer of the fund, invest and manage it.
2. The fund is inside a bank out side libya and will be transferred into your account if you are ready and capable to handle it via bank to bank transferand it will be bit by bit or once if your account can accommodate it once?
3. What area of investment do you think this amount will be invested?
4. All i need from is honesty,transparency,dedication and most of all to ensure you keep that you keep it highly confidential and secret.
5. As the project stands, there is no single risk involved.
6. I need your 100% assurance and guarantee that you can hadle this project?
7. All proper arrangement has been perfected with the bank for the smooth transfer of the fund to your country
 
Yours Madam Ada Emillia
Email me back?       emil1@superposta.com
                                adaemilliabinn@yahoo.com

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