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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: "Diego Seaham" <info@msn.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: diegoseaham@ozledim.net
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 12:10:30 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME PERSONALLY///PRIVATELY




Dear Sir,


I am indeed sorry for contacting you through this means. However, I assure
you that it is confidential and genuine.

I am Dr. Diego Seaham and an old college friend to Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi
(Col. Gaddafi's son). I am sure you are aware
of the current war in my country, Libya. As a consequence, many assets and
funds belonging to Col. Gaddafi's family
and government officials are being frozen by western government, as you
can see on the following links:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCp5rxNa1k

We have lost a lot and are losing many on a daily basis and I need your
help to secure some of these funds because
these are hard-earned money. There funds are proceeds of contracts
executed by the family. Examples are BP’s
US$900M Libyan oil exploration contract in 2007, shares in Juventus
Football Club, Eni: the Italian oil giant, and
Pearson: the parent company of Penguin and Financial Times. Also some
money was made from investments in numerous
financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and the
Carlyle Group.

In order to ensure that all our assets are not frozen illegally by the
western government, I moved some money to
through diplomatic security means as a consignment and deposited them
Barclays Bank in London,which is $20,000.00
(Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) I want you to help me receive
one. Please note that further details
will be made available upon proper understanding and agreement.

I shall offer you 35% of the total sum and you will also help me invest
the other 65% of in any lucrative business
in your country. Serious negations are currently going on for peace to
return to Libya. I should be able to travel
afterwards and probably meet you. I guarantee you that this venture is
risk free giving that the funds are certified
clean and the services of a qualified Solicitor from England will be
retained.

If you are interested, kindly get back to me for further details through
my private Email:diegoseaham@ozledim.net

Otherwise, please delete this email and I say thanks for your time.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Diego Seaham

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