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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1zIFphaGlhIE91dHRhIEFraW0i?= <office19@terra.com.co>
Date:
Subject:

Assalam  alaikum and May the peace of gracious Allah be with you an= d your family, please I have a problem which I need a help from you and dec= ided to write you for help

My names are, Ms Zahia  Ouatta = Akim; Do not be surprised!  I saw your email address while browsing t= hrough DTC Screen in my officeyesterday" I am a Store keeping officer at Gl= obal Security FIRM Ltd. Burkina Faso. here in Burkina Faso West Africa and = I discover a fund $8.3M CASH. it was registered as African Clothes box in o= ur Security Company, and no one known=E2=80=99s the content of the box is c= ash $8.3,

Which was deposited by late Libya President Muammar Gaddaf= i, for a project/investment here as it was custom, since his sudden death h= is family on run,. After careful investigations i found out that there is n= o next of kin on his files and with my position in the company i am the onl= y one aware of this situation and that the consignment contains cash money,= in this case, I want to use you and claim the cash 8.3 million to your cou= ntry. as his oversea business partner there in your country

Kindly C= ontact me back for more details if you are interested in helping me receive= the money and reconfirm to me  your Telephone Number, Full Name, Home= , Address, Age, Occupation.

Thank you in advance and May Allah bless= you.

Regards,
Jazzack Allah
Ms  Zahia Ouatta Akim

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