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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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Fraud email example:

From: General Abdul <generalabdoulhaziz@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: General Abdul <generalabduhaz67@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:19:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear respected Sir/Madam


 Dear respected Sir/Madam
 This mail might sound strange and unbelievable to you but its just the fact base on the people involved in Libya armed forces, you can login to this site http://gawker.com/5852485/heres-the-clearest-video-yet-of-gaddafis-capture or go to CNN, VOA AND BBC TELEVISION SERVICES FOR MORE UPDATES ON THIS ISSUE.
Please I want you to exercise some patience reading through this mail enable you have good understanding, meanwhile I will appreciate you to ignore and delete this mail from your mail box if you are not interested being our partner for the investment project in your country, meanwhile I got your email contact from Google data base while I was searching for a reliable and honest person that will partner with us for the investment project to whose ever it may concern country
My name is General Abdoul - Haziz and the chief commander of the Colonel Muammar Gaddafi 2nd brigade command in Libya Tripolimyself and my team finally arrived the Niger capital were we later took off to Agadez a city around the capital city Niamey with the sum of forty eight million US dollars ( $48 million USD) cash and also Gold allocated to us by the Gaddafi government to stay and fight to the end and possibly die if warranted on the battle field instead of allowing the revolutionary fighters to take up the entire country, we accepted the fund offer from the Gaddafi government and we made away with the fund and gold to the neighboring country republic of Niger considering that the war is over and in favor of the rebels with the help of the international bodies EG NATO and America.
We have been given a political asylum by the Niger government and also help us in crossing to Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou and shipping the fund with the gold as well through the help of the Niger diplomatic currier service in other not to create any suspicious whatsoever as to were the fund came from.
we want you to act as the beneficiary to this fund since we cannot expose our identity as owners of the fund and gold for now for the security reasons that can endanger the fund with the gold and our lives in this various country since Gaddafi is now no were to be found and the Libyan rebels have taken over the government.
we will be willing to give you 20% of the total fund of $48 million USD in helping me and my comrades whose names cannot be mention to receive this funds and gold from Burkina Faso where we are presently and i am also letting you to know that the fund with the gold are safely kept in one of the security companies here in Burkina Faso and i will like to hear from you in order to enable me and my comrades to ship the fund overseas for investments.
Therefore if you are capable of running an establishment and can maintain the high level of secrecy required in this project, kindly respond to me as soon as possible so we can proceed further.
I will be waiting to hear from you.
Best regard,General Abdoul - Haziz

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