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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: "Seth Telper" <inforlalala@aol.com>
Reply-To: sethtekper@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 03:03:54 -0700
Subject: Respected Beneficiary


Hello,

I am Mr. Seth Tekper. the manager Accounting / Audit Department of
CITIBANK GHANA. I contacted you as regards to a business proposal that will
be of an immense benefit to both of us and the less privileged ones. Being
the manager accounting / audit department Citibank Ghana Regional office I
discovered a sum of USD$71,700,000 Million,( Seventy One Million, Seven
Hundred Thousand Dollars) in an account belonging to one of our foreign
customers Late Mr. Moatassem Billah Gaddafi. this money is a Private oil
business money deposited into his account by his customer. He was a Libyan
Army officer, and the National Security Adviser of Libya from 2008 until
2011. He was the fifth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a
member of his father's inner circle He was captured during the Battle of
Sirte by anti-Gaddafi forces, and later killed. You can get more
information's as regards to the Battle and the death of his family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moatassem_Gaddafi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moatassem_Gaddafi>

The choice of contacting you aroused from the geographical nature of where
you live particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the
confidentiality herein because he did not drop any will beneficiary to the
fund he made it private he did not want his family members to know that he
deposited such money in our bank and in security company. On this regards,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin, you will be the
beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
USD$71,700,000 Million,( Seventy One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand
Dollars) can be paid to your account. This will be disbursed or shared in
these percentages 60% to me and 40% to you. I will secured all necessary
legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are about to
make. All I need is to upload your names to the documents and legalize at
the High Court of
Justice of Ghana in order to prove you are the legitimate beneficiary.

1. Your full name..........
2. Telephone number...
3. Contact address........
4. Age....................
5. Gender.................
6. Occupation.............

And your scan copy of your iD or International passport Please on your
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will furnish
you with more information's. Is Your assent to this e-mail and business
proposal will be highly appreciated. Have a wonderful day Let me hear from
you soon.

My Regards,
Mr.Seth Tekper.
Managing Accounting

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