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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: Mamud Asaad <pmessages3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mud.2000@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 00:39:40 +0100
Subject: A CLEAN BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Hello Dear,

My warmest greetings to you and your family, I am quite sure you are
very much aware of the recent revolution and civil war in Libya that
put an end to the leadership of Col. Muammar Gaddafi. I am the
personal assistant to (late Major General Abu Bakr Younis Jaber), from
Libya who was Libyan Minister of Defence under the regime of Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi; he was murdered along with his two kids by the
National Transitional Council, Libya's interim government fighter.

https://crescentshift.wordpress.com/tag/abu-bakr-yunis-jabr/
He has no next of Kin and this is the reason I made up my mind to
locate somebody abroad whom I can establish a business relationship
with. I shall establish a memorandum of understanding with you and
give you the power of attorney to represent my interest hence; I need
the following from you as soon as possible.

1. Your direct phone number
2 Your full name, address and age
3 Your occupation

In summary of my business proposal, before his death he deposited
Fifteen Million, Five hundred Thousand United States Dollar (US15.5M)
and 157 kilograms of alluvial gold dust and diamond stones in a
consignment with a private Security Company in (Cairo-Egypt) for safe
keeping only. Immediately you accept to work with me in good faith-I
shall move the funds to your country without delay.

Kind Regards,
Mamud Asaad

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