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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: Safia Farkash Gaddafi <abida.gaddafi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: icpc_2009@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:48:30 +0100
Subject: From Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi,

Hello my dear,
I am Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi the wife of the late Libyan Leader
Colonel Muammar Gahdafi,following the recent rebellion in my country
and the brutal death of my husband on the 20 Oct 2011, I have been
thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness;
I have been subjected to physical and psychological torture by the
security agents in Algeria where we seek refuge all this while.


My son was killed by the rebels for an offense he did not commit,as a
widow that was so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
within the country, you must have heard over the media reports and the
internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my
late husband in different security firms abroad, some companies
willingly give up their secrets and disclosed the funds confidently
lodged them meaning outright blackmail and sabotage.

In fact the total sum discovered by the Government so far is in the
tune of $900 Million Dollars. And they are not relenting to eliminate
and make the entire poor for life;
I got your contact email address through my research and out of
desperation I decided to reach you through this medium. I will give
you more information as to this regard as soon as you reply. I repose
great confidence in you hence my approach to you due to security
network placed on my day to day affairs I cannot afford to visit the
embassy or travel out so that is why I decided to contact you and I
hope you will not betray my confidence in you.


I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your your
custody for safe keeping,this arrangement is known to you and me
alone. I am seriously considering relocating to your country once the
fund is in your possession. I will be willing to offer you 25% of the
total fund if only you will receive this fund and keep it for safe for
me until we meet one on one.


Please note that honesty is the watch word in this transaction. I will
require your full names and address and telephone number so that we
can commence communication immediately and I will give you a more
detailed picture of things. In case you don?t accept please do not let
me out to the security as I am giving you this information in total
trust and confidence .I will greatly appreciate if you accept my
proposal in good faith,i promise to offer you 25% of the total amount
involved for your kind gesture while 70% will be for me and 5% set
aside to offset any expenses the both parties might incur in the
process like telephone calls etc,the actual amount involved is only
Forty Nine million United States (US$49,000,000.00) dollars,so get
back to me by indicating your interest by furnishing me with your
information as stated below:

FULL NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
ID COPY
OCCUPATION
MARITAL STATUS


I will appreciate your timely suggestion and interest over this matter


Best Regards
Mrs.Safia Farkash Gaddafi

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