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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: Salim Suleman <nationaloilcorporation2010@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:17:09 +0200
Subject: National Oil Corporation (Libya)

National Oil Corporation (Libya)
Mr. Salim Suleman
Bashier Sadawi street,
P.O Box 2655 Tripoli Libya
Tell :+218 (21) 3620136/6


With due regards, I take the liberty to contact you for an urgent business
transaction which will be of immense benefit to all parties concerned. I am
Mr. Salim Suleman ,accountant officer at National oil corporation Libya
and My committee has the responsibility for the recommendation and award of
contracts and supplies for the NOC. In the course of our assignment, we did
over-inflate the contracts for some supplies to the NOC as a result of
which the sum of USD $20M (Twenty million United States Dollars only) is
now outstanding. The original contractors who executed the jobs have since
been fully paid off, leaving this outstanding sum Which is a bank safe in
the united kingdom, we as civil servants are not allowed to own or operate
a foreign account and it is also not possible for us to withdraw from the
bank our-self in united kingdom as I therefore need your kind assistance
to transfer this outstanding sum of USD $20m to your account anywhere very
safe. I shall compensate you with 25% of the funds for your assistance
after the transfer. We the officials here shall have 65% while 10% will be
set aside for any incidental expenses. Please note that this transaction is
absolutely risk-free on both sides since we are using our positions to
facilitate it. All logistics has been carefully mapped out for a hitch free
transaction. The new political dispensation in Libya has given a most
auspicious environment to do the transaction and all the record will be
removed and destroyed immediately after the transfer. I however demand that
you keep the transaction to yourself only until the funds arrive in your
account.I shall commence the process and it is expected to take 5 working
days for the complete transfer to be effected. Send your response to my
e-mail address and include your private tel/fax number for ease of
communication.Yours sincerely.

Please again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send
you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences,
but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that
success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. Do not betray
my confidence. If we can be of one accord, send me your response to and the
requested details: In other to commence with the remittance of the fund to
your bank account, Kindly furnish me with the following information.


http://www.businessinsider.com/r-libya-to-export-first-oil-since-rebel-deal-2014-15

http://rt.com/news/libya-british-security-private-contractors/


Regards,


Mr. Salim Suleman.

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