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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: "Zaynab" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmed.zaynab@muslim.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:22:32 +0100
Subject: Investment Assistance !!!!!!

Attention:Dear Friend,
 
I am .Mrs Zaynab Ahmed Ibrahim a wife to late Ahmed Ibrahim a Minister during the Gaddafi Government my late husband was sentence to Death for inciting violence against protesters during the uprising that led to the Libyan detector’s overthrow in 2011.
 
Before my late husband died he deposited the sum of US$25.5Million (Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United Sates Dollars) with the security & safety treasury department of May Bank of Malaysia as personal valuables (Gold & Diamond). Since the death of my husband me and my only son Musa have been facing lots of difficulty.We are currently hiding here in Benghazi,Libya's second largest city due to Monitoring by the Libyan Authorities who are bent on arresting us because of my husband closeness to former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
 
I urgently need your assistance to receive these funds from the treasury department of the bank in Malaysia for Investment purposes. I will front you to the treasury department of the bank with the vital documents of claim.
 
This transaction is 100% risk free all the documents covering the deposits will be documented in your favor to enable treasury department of the bank to release the deposits to you as the new beneficiary.Your assistance is urgently needed due to our movement restrictions preventing us to move freely .As soon as the transaction is completed transfers I intend coming over to your country for sharing and Investment and I will like to invest into a company or Real Estate Business in your country.
 
Log on to the below website for more information.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/ 2013/08/01/uk-libya-court- idUKBRE9700GT20130801
 
I Looking forward to hearing from you and you can contact me on my Email:(ahmed.zaynab@muslim.com) for more details
 
 
Thanks
Mrs Zaynab Ahmed Ibrahim
 

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