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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: Rose Terry <roseterry505@gmail.com>
Reply-To: david.leverson@g-finances.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:49:23 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?WW91ciBJbmhlcml0YW5jZSBXZWFsdGjigI/igI8=?=

How are you today ?

My name is Rose Terry ,My late father live and work in Libya for
former president of Libya Muammar Gaddafi as one of the foreign
mercenaries and security guards hires to protect, safeguard his
private presidential house in Tripoli during the 2011 Libyan
Revolutionary war but I’m nationality of Sierra Leone and I know that
this my letter will come to you as rather joking and surprise once we
do not know each other before but, it’s due to circumstances and
situation surrounded with me coupled with the condition or information
(Nominee trust account or savings ) with which my late father used to
savings and deposit of US$30 million with bank one of the
international bank in Ghana and now, I want you to assist me in
transfer and repatriation of this US$30 million of my inheritance to
your country for me and I give you commission of US$5 million from my
principle inheritance wealth of US$30 million for your services and
assistant to accommodate the fund for me in your country temporarily
until I get my legal traveling papers to come to visit you in your
country face to face to take back my inheritance and further put it
into legitimate business or investment in your country .


Secondly It was because of past political crisis and Revolutionary War
in Libya that I quickly decided to relocate my inheritance wealth to
your country is reason why I begin to make urgent research for a
trustworthy foreigner especially from your country who will assist me
in the legal transfer and repatriation of my inheritance wealth of
(US$30 million) to your country enabling me use the money to create
foreign business in your country and I will give you commission or
share of US$5 million from the principal sum of US$30 million if you
eventually help me to penetrate or repatriate my inheritance wealth in
your country .


I ‘m seeking for a trustworthy foreign business partner from your
country for purpose of developing long term mutual benefiting business
relationship together in your country. I have a huge inheritance
wealth of US$ 30 million dollars which I inherited from my late father
who died du ring the 2011 Libyan revolutionary war so due to current
political crisis and insecurity in Libya, I have decided to relocate
to your country together with this my inheritance wealth of US$30
million for purpose of using it to create and make investment in your
country and I decided to contact you for a Joint Partnership company
with you in your country and I will give you commission of US$5
million for all your assistance and cooperation in helping me to do
repatriation of my inheritance wealth into your country .

My name is Rose Terry nationality of Sierra Leone but live and work in
Libya for late president of Libya Muammar Gaddafi during the Libyan
revolutionary war in 2011 and I'm contacting you for we (you and me)
to do ,execute a very interesting and mutual benefiting business
relationship which involve investment of my inheritance wealth of
US$30 million inheritance wealth in your country which my late father
saved or deposited inside a bank before he died and I want you to help
me to repatriate the money to your country and further help me to
invest and manage the fund for me into good project in your country
and we shall discuss our both interest but in the mean time, I decided
to first offer you commission of US$5 million dollars from the
principle sum of US$30 million as compensation for your service and
assistance to help me LEGALLY penetrate and repatriate the $30 million
dollars into your account in your country . Also I have 200Kg Gold
dust ,22:77 carat which my late father saved and kept and I will send
it to you in your country to sell for me so let me know if you can
find or search potential buyer of Gold dust so that I transfer the
gold to you in your country to sell it for me.


Please reply and let me know your interest and willingness to make
this deal (business cooperation ) with me , Upon receipt of your
positive answer , I will send you complete information about me, How I
got the money, Name of the one of the international bank in the world
where the money is currently kept , How I intend to carry out the
transfer and repatriation of the money to you in your country , Your
role etc for your consideration so that we continue to on the legal
procedures to achieve success in the repatriation or penetration of my
inheritance wealth into your country for our mutual benefit .


I wait to hear from you as soon as possible
Warmest greetings
Rose

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