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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: Ahmed Ali <secindia41@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: Ahmed Ali <aiali@safe-mail.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:09:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello dear, reply with your details.


Dear beloved friend,

With due respect, trust and Love. I am Ahmed Ibrahim from Libya but re-side here in Abidjan, the capital city of Cote D'Ivoire as a refugee. Please, I really need your help over the transfer of the sum US$4.7 Million Dollars, which my late Father deposited with a Bank here in Abidjan before the war that lead to his death brock-up in my country, Libya.

Please, I am very much in need of your help to stand as my late father foreign partner to help me finalise with the bank to receive the transfer of the money on my behalf, so that I can leave this country to come and be with you for the safety of my life and the profitable investment of the money in your country, because that was my late Father plans before he died in the war by the Muammar Gaddafi gun men in Libya.

Therefore, if you are interested to help me, kindly reply back with your Full Name.............., Private telephone number.............., Copy of your ID with photo............., Your age..............., Occupation............, and Full address........, as you reply back. So that further information will be given to you on how you are going to assist me.

Best Wishes,
Ahmed I.Ali.

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