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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: "mbenyousef22@yahoo.pt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohamed_benyousef@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:36:49 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir,/ ma
 
i am Mohamed M. Ben Yousef, the managing director of Manager of the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, the only bank authorized to conduct international banking transactions, I am contacting you with all trust and sincerity in the hope of reaching a mutual agreement regarding an unknown sum totaling US$430,000,000 (Four hundred and thirty million dollars)
 
 
The funds belong to the Late Colonel Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi. He was killed on the 20 October, 2011 by the National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters. Having failed to relinquish power for a peaceful transition to democracy or surrender to NATO. The funds Is was secretly deposited and has been successfully moved it to another finance company’s security vault in London ,all legal documents backing up the funds for claim will be forwarded to you once the funds transfer commence , One thing is certain, this project is 100% risk free.
 
 
All you need do is open communication with the security firm to claim the funds and get back to me for further instructions so that we can have this transaction concluded in couple of few days.
 
For added security you reach me on with details of interest for further modalities for retrieving the funds, and furnish me with your following details for documentation. My personal email address is:[ mohamed_benyousef@aol.com]
 
 
Your resident address
 
Your names in full
 
Your gender
 
Your tel./fax no.
 
Your sex
 
Your occupation.
 
Your company name ( if any )
 
Your next of kin.
 
Sincere regards
 
Mr, Mohamed M. Ben Yousef.

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