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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: "AL-SADDIQ BAKEER" <alsaddiq_bakeer@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alsaddiq_bakeer1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:13:50 +0700
Subject: I need your help on this matter.

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise since I have no previous
correspondence with you, I hope I would not regret approaching you because
this present world is full of dishonesty and distrust, I was given your
company details by the foreign trade office Benin Republic chamber of
commerce and industry. My name is Mr Al-Saddiq Bakeer, I worked with Mrs
Safia Farkash the first wife of late Col Gaddafi. Before the war broke out
in Libya Mrs Gaddafi controlled over (€21bn) Twenty One Billion British Pounds
sterling, she controlled Buraq Air, a private rival to the Libyan state
airline, and also had about 20 tones of gold reserves in Libyan state. she
also controlled over (€21bn) Twenty One Billion British Pounds sterling, and
the late husband col Gaddafi's wealth worth about $70 billion United States
dollars which was frozened by the United Nations. As the war was going on in
Libya few months back before her late husband flew her out of the country
through the land border were she seek asylum in Algeria, Late col Gaddafi
and his wife made huge Millions of fund deposit outside Libya through me
all the Financial documents are with me I left the country 14 days before Col
Gaddafi was murdered.

I have lost everything I have in Libya this is my only hope now, what I need
now I can trust you secretly to stand as the next of kin and claim this fund
hence I use my Name and one unknow person Name hoping that Col Gaddafi not
knowing he is going to die I don't know if you can help me out?.You can invest
the fund into anything that can yield good profit until I find my fit back.
I shall also send you further details of the transaction if you’re interested
in helping me to secure this fund. am ready to accept your percentage, but
however get back to me if your capability does not meet up my proposal so
that I can further more negotiation in your next response.

Note: Please nobody knows about this apart from you and there is no risk
involved because I have all the documents with me Presently am in asylum Benin
Republic as Diplomat here.

Looking forward to hear from you

My Regard to your family
Al-Saddiq Bakeer

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