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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Ahmed Lateef <privateinfo06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmed.lateef06@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:04:37 +0100
Subject: MSG -AL
Hello,
I am one of Muammar Gaddafi`s loyalist who crossed over to Benin Republique. We have in our possession Gold and Cash in Dollars drawn from Central Bank of Libya.
The News; http://www.islam.ru/en/content/news/libyan-convoy-gold-cash-crossed-niger-ntc
Our main objectives is to secure our treasures first for the sustenance of our families. We have thousands of killos of 24 karat, pure Gold in bars and Dust and cases of funds in Dollars well hidden.
We have succeeded in trans-loading the treasures to Benin. We need your co-operation for safe keeping these treasures. Our appointed lawyer in Benin will register some quantities of these treasures in your name on neutral grounds without linking us to it. You will take 30% for safe keeping them, 10% is set aside for any expense that may occur, and will later release 60% of the quantities trusted in your hands to our families in the future.
We cannot bank them by ourselves in any country on our names for security reasons as to avoid seizure and confiscation. To this end, we need someone of good reputation and that can be trusted. I believed you could be of help in a transaction of this nature considering the magnitude of funds involved as we are tightly avoiding spies. We are having the help of a trusted lawyer in Benin and he will help you make legal documents to safe keep the treasures on your names without breaching the law. There is no risk attached to or involved in this transaction.
We are in a safe location watching what could be our fate as the day advances. I hope to hear from you as soon as possible in order to link you up with our lawyer in Benin Republique so that he can start processing the treasures for safe keeping with you.
Kind regards,
Ahmed Lateef
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