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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 Azizi Al-Quadaffi <ziziquadaffi12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.azizia@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:39:04 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,

With due respect i write this letter for your assistant, You can read more
here
http://www.libya-businessnews.com/2015/07/28/libya-scrambles-to-find-gadhafis-missing-billions/


Firstly; for the sake of clarity, I will explain myself in the most
complete way. My name is Mr. Azizi Al-Quadaffi I represented the Libyan
Economic Development Board before the revolution that overthrew the late
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death. My family and I run in Bamako Mali
for our way of life, because we are constantly targeted by NTC rebels and
their sponsors for my true loyal until the end of the regime of Muammar
Gaddafi. I have a large sum of money in the amount of $260 million, which I
brought with me from Libya to Mali after the fall of Ghadaffi regime. The
Government of Mali at the time was friendly, however, after the fall of the
administration and the enthronement of the new government, our position
became shaky and unfriendly. Rebellion in northern Mali is not to make life
easier for people light color, like me, as Tuareg rebels are skinned. It is
based on the following factors discussed above; I beg your unalloyed
assistance to move this money to your domain solely for lawful purposes and
profitable investment.

I took this decision consciously based on your business acumen. This will
be done in the most legitimate means. If you help me complete this
successfully, I will reward you very well, and in addition to that, you
will oversee all investments, where you would be entitled to 35% of every
profit earned from the investment and 15% to cover all Government taxes of
the investment. I need you to let me know what you think about it, so that
we can continue to work without any delay. If all is well with you, in the
end, I will need a confirming reply from you.

Please let me know if you speak Arabic because am not good in English
speaking. You can give me your skype id so that we can make video call to
know each other very well before your arrival.

Sincerely,
Azizi Al-Quadaffi

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