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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: Azizz Musa Ahmed <olushegunagbaje.gtbplc02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: musaazizz@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:43:21 +0000
Subject: Thanks and hope to hear from you

Sir

I am Musa Azizz an Egyptian.I am an Aircraft Pilot. working with the
United Nations under the World food programme,of the relief and
welfare Agency.I fly one of the United Nations(UN) Aircraft's No:5N
2UN,and in the past 1 years I have flown in relief materials into
library on a weekly basis(as the case may be),since Up to 2 weeks ago
I have been on assignment in tripoli where the Un is distributing
relief and welfare materials to displaced people there.

I must confess that I am a patriot and in love with my dear country
Egypt ,but what goes on gives me a hell of bother, to say the least
and my heart aches as a result....While I was delivering relief
materials toSyria,precisely Fallujah area. I came across a deserted
house and found about 10 sets of 21 inches
Television(TV) and on close examination found them to be containing US
Dollar Notes,all in Hundred Dollar bills.Crispy notes and genuine
too.A note on one of the TV sets shows that the whole money is $30
Million(Thirty Million United States Dollar) I quietly and carefully
packaged them and have them put onto my aircraft.On questioning I
found out the area was initially occupied by Coalition forces flew the
TV sets to tripoil first and hid them there.

Presently I am sent off officially to Ghana the home country of our
Ex-Secretary General Mr Koffi Annan,to work with his team on some
outstanding UN
responsibilities in West Africa.As a result I flew into Ghana with the
TV sets containing the money and have them kept with the bonded
warehouse of a near by country Customs.

I have in mind to donate some part of the money to our Ghana and
Liberian neighbors who are in the struggle in Syria,but I do not have
someone
who can help me achieve this aim,and moreover my job does not allow me
time on matters outside it.This is why I am contacting you.I have
contacted an attorney who is based in Ghana and this man has my
authority to discuss and correspond with you to achieve success.
Should you be interested in this course,I offer you 30% of the
money,50% for me while 20% will go to our brothers in the struggle.

Thanks and hope to hear from you.

Yours Truly
Capt.Musa Azizz

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