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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: Blair Eric <blaireric44@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 13:50:59 +0200
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Attn: Sir / Madam,

I am writing to you base on the recommendation of a friend of mine
working with your embassy in Tripoli Libya. First let me introduce
myself. My name is Eric Blair I am the attorney for the son of Libyan
leader Col Mommar Gaddafi.I am sure you Must have heard about the
revolution sweeping my country. This has prompted me to leave the
country to another African country which will disclose to you in due
time. However, I did not tell the man that gave me the recommendation
of what I wanted to do with you. I simply old him that I need someone
I can trust and he said his country men and women can be trusted.

Now to the reason of my writing to you. As a trusted aid and personal
lawyer to the son of the Libyan leader Col Mommar Gaddafi.We have
secure the total of $10 million dollars from access crude oil
account,this fund was pulled out on the heat of this crises rocking
Libya. The said fund was deposited with a security company in a
location, (not Libya) which I will let you know in due cause.Now it
seems the regime of Col Gaddafi is coming to an end and no one knows
what will happen next.

Now I have received instruction from my client Saif Al Islam Gaddafi
the second son of Col.Gaddafi to look for a partner to secure the
money from Security Company. This will enable him have some thing to
fall on, if the inevitable happens. We are ready to let you have 30%
of the total sum, while I will have 10% and 60 % will be kept by you
for my client or even help in investing for him pending when things
stabilize.I have all the papers to help us in getting the fund from
the security company.

Please if you are interested in this transaction, urgently respond so
that I can brief you in details.But if you are not interested, please
treat the email as it never comes to you.This is confidential and must
not be discussed by the third party or unauthorized person(s).Looking
forward to hearing from you.

Regard.

Eric Blair

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