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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: "AZIZ BIN IBRAHIM" <aziz_bin022@blumail.org>
Reply-To: azizbinibrahim1@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:43:12 +0200
Subject: FROM = AZIZ BIN IBRAHIM.



FROM = AZIZ BIN IBRAHIM.
EMAIL =azizbinibrahim1@rocketmail.com

DEAR FRIEND.

My name is AZIZ BIN IBRAHIM, I work for a top Libyan government official
who was slained last month by NATO forces in Libya.

My late boss was prominient for years in the government of President
Muammar Gaddafi of libya who is now embattled.

I am contacting you in order to ask for your assistance in this
confidential Business proposal with full financial benefit for both of
us, before I go into further details please be informed that I am
writing this without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my
contacting you on this transaction, Therefore I will appreciate same
attitude to be maintained all through.

I have secured the sum of usd$70.5 million, from a secret sale of Oil
well deals by my late boss, with other financial dealings I know
quite well about as his special adviser , this usd$70.5 million is
secured and deposited with a holding company in Europe and right now i
have all the documents to the deposit with me .

As his trusted special advicer i know all his finanacial deals and
always with him during such transactions. This usd$70.5 is what my
late boss got as his share from the proceed of the last deals he had
with Mumman Ghadafi shortly before his untimely death and all the
documents to the deposit is currently with me and no other person
knows the trace and where about of the funds.

All i need from you is your assistance in claiming and investing of
the usd$70.5 million in your country.

I will provide you with the required documents for the claim of the
usd$70.5 million and you will act as my late boss' next of kin.

This is a legal and risk free business .

10% of the usd$ 70.5 million will be for you, 5% will be set aside
for all the expenses we will incure during the process of releasing
and moving of the usd$70.5 million to your country for our investment
which you will be part of.

Please respond positively by giving me the following details about yourself.

Your full names
Your full address
Your age and occupation
Your private phone numbers.

Please reply via my secured email addresS,azizbinibrahim@ymail.com

Yours sincerely,

AZIZ BIN IBRAHIM .


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