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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: Allan Wood <a.wood@cheapnet.it> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:56:20 +0200
Subject: RE;Hello



Good evening!

My apology as I am contacting you through email; it is because it
serves as the
fastest and more convenient way to get to you, I am Mr.Allan Wood from
London, I
was the personal account officer of late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi
for 25year, before his death last year 2011 he ask me to transfer a very huge
amount of money, EUR20,000.000.00 (Twenty Million Euros) to a
Commercial Bank in
England for property he wanted to buy in Central London without a
beneficiary
name because of the state of his country then.
Since after his death no one has come for the claim of the money due
to the fact
that there was no beneficiary to the fund.

Now the Bank is asking me to present the beneficiary of the money that
they need
to transfer the money back to the owner since the account is dormant
for a long
time now. After going through your profile,I believe you are the right person
for this job, that is why I contacted you.

But right now due to my health condition and security in my country, I can`t
transfer this fund to my personal account rather I want you to assist me to
receive this fund" If you would assist me with this I will compensate you with
30% of the total sum and at the same time invest my own share of the money in
your company or business. More details will be sent to you when I receive your
response regarding my letter.
For the security of this transaction, contact me through my private email:
rbin1960@gmail.com
Once again write me on my private email: rbin1960@gmail.com
I wait your urgent mail.
Thanks & Best Regard
Mr.Allan Wood

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