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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: "Mr. Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi(Libya)" <baghdadiali_mahmudi1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:39:10 -0900
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP VENTURE

INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP VENTURE

Good Day Sir,

My name is Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi Former Secretary of the General People's Committee of

Libya in late Col. Muammar Gaddafi Government in Libya. I was one of the personal

assistant to late Libya head of state Col. Muammar Gaddafi who was eliminated on 20th

October 2011, by the rebels. My good self and other Aids of Gaddafi were taken into house

arrest by the leadership of the new government till date. I assisted Col. Gaddafi our former

President to carry out most of his secret business deals ranging from exportation of Gold,

diamond, Alluvial Gold bar/dust and exportation of millions of foreign currencies to

overseas.

There is €250,000,000, Euros, (Two Hundred and Fifty Million Euros) which I assisted him

to lodge abroad in less than 2 weeks before his death which nobody has any knowledge

about, not even any member of his family, his relative nor his close associates apart from

me. I want to use the money for investment purposes in your country in any profitable

business as you may direct and i am seeking your assistance to achieve my aims. On your

acceptance to assist on evacuation and investment of this funds, I am ready to share the

investment proceed 50/50 profit sharing after the overhead cost of running the business

for a period of 5 years. Upon your acceptance i will introduce you to my lawyer who will

handle this process with you as i am not capable of doing this due to the house arrest

issued on me here in Libya.

Having gone through your yourself/company profile, I am interested in an Investment/

partnership venture with you or your company for a long time as I have euro 250,000,000

Euros, (Two Hundred and Fifty Million Euros) ready for that which is deposited with a

Security Vault company overseas.

My Area of Investment interest is any of these ; HOTELS, REAL ESTATE,AGRICULTURE, OIL

SECTOR & CONSTRUCTION, MINES AND ENERGY,ENTERTAINMENT, PHARMACEUTICAL,

TOURISM, ETC.

If the proposal is acceptable to you, I can let you know a way forward and I can set up a live

meeting with you and the deposited Security Company where the fund is deposited as I am

still in detention here in Libya, but I need a sincere mind and co-operation as my hands are

still tied and can not do anything from here and if follow my instructions, the sky will be

our limit.

Thanking you for your kind understanding and cooperation as I await Swift your reply.

Regards.
Mr. Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi (Libya)

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