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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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Fraud email example:

From: " faithgodtime@gmail.com" <maaregional-aie@dglnet.com.br>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 23:53:27 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: Dear prospective partner





Dear prospective partner


My name is Hassan,the second man to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi son of muammar-al-qaddafi the formal Libya leader.

I Mr.Hassan Mohammed presented a subtle offer which will need the help of a partner like you to complete successfully.I Mr.Hassan Mohammed body guard to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi,Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is in a difficult situation and i relocate certain sums of money out of security company here in Africa on behalf of Saif.my reason is because things are getting more bad,He his been in this situation for years now and it getting more bad. More so,

My aim of contacting you is for your assistance,i do transaction with Mr Joshua D Brown and i don't know that Mr Joshua D Brown is not capable for the transaction, after agreement between me and him Mr Joshua D Brown, I provide a needed document for the transaction and the fund took off from Morocco to united state of America.United state Customs stopped it and demanding non inspection certificate from delivery company. The delivering company contact my Barrister as sender,Barrister Ziayd Mohammad and Mr Joshua D Brown as receiver.from that day to now noway to find Mr Joshua D Brown.now my Barrister have contacted the delivery company to bring the foundt back to Africa,that is why i need help from a partner like you to help for the transaction,Open the attachments to view the document between me and Mr Joshua for the transaction both the stop order from the USA Customs with airport scanning also below is the message from united state custom but we have finish with USA Customs and we have bring the found back to Africa again, Dear good partner you have to know that this must be done in such a way that it must not be tied to me(Mr,Hammad).
Dear good partner all the document for the transaction is with me and is 100% risk free also my Barrister is capable of everything,Dear partner my aim of contacting you is that i want to move this found out of Africa again because of many reason and the esly way for the transcation is by ATM mode of transfer,

(1). Your assistance on these transaction.
(2). You will receive the ATM card.
(3). Value of funds: $135 Million US Dollars.
Everything will be done legally to ensure that the ATM card is in saver side. If you agree to partner with me Mr.Hammad Mohammed, i will compensate you with 25% of the total sum. Should you prefer I re-contact you with more express facts, you can send me your:


[1] Full Names:
[2] Personal profile:
[3] Daytime Telephone

email me at :( faithgodtime@gmail.com) we will talk for terms and agreement.

Sincerely,

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