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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: "Abdul-Sheik Ahmed." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.sheik27@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:03:26 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved!!

Attention:

This message is strictly for this mail ID owner.
My name is Abdul-Sheik Ahmed, I am from Libya but I live in Saudi Arabia now.
I worked as consultant for National Oil Company Brega Libya during Ghaddafi time.
During that period i personally over invoiced the sum of USD11,850,000.00 into Bank of Alexandria.

This fund was then marked as some unlisted sub-contractors in that Special Offshore Contract account. After fall of Libya strongman everything died down and fund remain in the bank waiting for claim. Now i want to list your name as one of the sub-contractors and submit to the settlement bank's attorney for process and release the fund to you. The payment could be in the form of Special fund delivery, cash transfer or via opening of Online banking in your favor and it will be supported with one ATM card or Certified International Bank Draft cashable in your country after their approval.

In this deal you will be entitled with 40% of the total money while you give me 60% after the transaction.

Please I want your comment to this before I give out further information
please.

Please be sincere and hold it to your heart without disclosing to third party for now.


Abdul-Sheik Ahmed.

Al Riyadh, Jeddah, Western Region.

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