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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: Abdulrahman Hassan Elmessmary <abdulhaselemssmary77@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:53:41 +0100
Subject: I require your response please?


Dear friend,
excuse me please!!

i would like to firstly send to you the best wishes of good health and
success in your pursuits.

no doubt, you may well be surprised to receive this mail since you do not
know me personally. Anyway, it is with due respect, trust and humility, i
write to you this mail.

i am Abdulrahman elmessmary, i'm 19 years old and the son of late
Abdulsalam elmessmary, a political activist in Libya. My father was the
famous politician who stood firm against President cornel Muammar Gaddafi’s
idea of continuous military regime. My father was killed in Al-birkah
district Benghazi during the war that ended the 42 years regime of cornel
Muammar Gaddafi. Please you can read more on my father’s death on this
site;
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/26/libya-investigate-killing-political-activist

though i have not met with you before, but considering the political
instabilities in my country Libya/Africa, i believe one has to risk
confiding in someone to achieve success sometimes in life. i trust you will
be nice to me.

actually, i got your contact while i was doing a private research on the
Internet for a reliable and capable foreign friend/partner that will assist
me to recover and transfer out funds into a secure bank account for
investment purpose. It is therefore, my pleasure to contact you for
assistance of a business venture which i intend to establish with your help
in your Country.

there is this huge amount of money, which my late Father deposited in
western federal credit union, Accra Ghana west Africa, before he was
assassinated by unknown persons during the war in my country Libya.

now, i have managed to arrive in Accra Ghana west Africa and have decided
to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe for security and
political reasons. I want you to help me retrieve this money for onward
transfer to any secured bank account for investment purposes on any of
these areas below:

1) Transport Industry. 2) mechanized agriculture.3) estate investment.

you and i will have to negotiate on what will be offered to you for
assisting me to handle this issue while 25% will be for you annually from
the profit of the partnership company we are to establish.

All i require is your honest and kind co-operation. i will give you further
details as soon as you show interest in helping me. i wait for your kind
consideration and reply.

Best regards,
Abdulrahman elmessmary.

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