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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: "Mr. William Bai" <postmhgfd@outlook.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. William Bai" <postgpmi@aol.in>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 00:30:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: can i trust you



I am Mr. William Bai (FCAA) the chief accountant of Absa Bank of South Africa. There is an account opened in this bank in 1999 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in my records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is COL. MUAMMAR GADDAFI, late Libyan president who died since 2011 during Libya uprising and NETO invasion in Libya .No other person knows this account or anything concerning it as it was open by his son, MUTASSIM BILLAH GADDAFI who is dead also, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his family does not know anything about this account and the money involved is Sixty Six Million Seven Hundred United States Dollars (US$ 66,700,000.000). I want us to first transfer US$30 Million from this money into your safe overseas account before the rest can be transferred. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account been it personal or Investment account the Bank here in South Africa will accept it because the money is in United States Dollars and the former owner Late COL.MUAMMAR GADDAFI is a foreigner too.

This deposit was for 5 years so it has over matured hence I want to use this opportunity that the only survivor son (heir)SAIF AL ISLAM GADDAFI, was captured by rebel forces as he tried to flee the country his family had ruled for four decades. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of kin to the deceased as Indicated in our banking guidelines and Banking Ethics of South Africa. It may interest you to know that I can secured from the probate an order of mandamus to present you as the family foreign partner /beneficiary) I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never come again in my life.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message before we negotiate your percentages on your response for conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes, if this proposal is acceptable to you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
Yours sincerely,

Mr. William Bai,

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