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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: Muhammed Conteh <countconteh@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:19:27 -0800
Subject: How are you ?

Hello Dear,

My Name is Muhammed Conteh from Ghana though in UAE via DUBAI now
undergoing some legal courses.Am an international financial
consultant/attorney.

I hope you will not find my message offensive since we have not met
before and coupled with lots of internet scams going on these days.

The former President of Libya second wife Sophia Ghaddafi has mandated
me to look for a genuine/honest person whom some of their funds
(Millions of US dollars/some kilos of Gold and diamonds) will be
entrusted to for safekeeping due to the current situation in Libya
right now.

If you are the genuine/honest person, kindly write me back for your
interest so I can give you further directives on how to get hold of
the funds for the family.

Thanks as i look forward to hear from you.

Honorably Yours,
Hon.Muhammed Conteh

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