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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: Muhammad Gaddafi <elite@netvision.net.il>
Reply-To: muhammad.gaddafi@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:57:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION/

This e-mail requires careful and urgent attention. I have to be brief with more details upon your response.


My name is Muhammad Muammar Gaddafi, first and eldest son of Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi the forner Libyan President as I am sure my father needs not much introduction around the world.


The reason I am contacting you is regarding certain amounts of cash money that my father left behind that we have managed to keep away from the Libyan revolutionaries. Unfortunately since my father died hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost by the family. My younger brothers and sisters have been trying to move certain amounts of money to safety but unfortunately they have not been able to do so as millions and millions have been discovered by many nations while we were trying to move them pass the borders and most of these monies have been seized and so many other nations and diplomats denied ever having custody of such funds, which is a loss for the family considering what we passed through in the hands of the Libyan people. I will further say that my younger brothers have been very in-mature and unprofessional in handling these movements of funds often hiring people without the proper capabilities.


Going straight to the point, I am contacting you after coming across your company contact on the internet search in my quest for a reliable partner who will receive, safe-guard and invest a huge sum for us, someone is is trustworthy and capable to handle $55,000.000.00 and have business ideas of how to invest in a lucrative business.


Should you have these qualities I am looking for please contact me immediately so we can reach an agreement and I move the funds into your care and supervision. A certain percentage of the total amount will be paid to you as an agent, I can make you very rich as we have a lot of gold reserve stashed safely away but all I need is trust and honesty.


One question you might be asking yourself right now is WHY AM I CONTACTING YOU, A TOTAL STRANGER TO ME? Well, the answer is for the past 1 year I have trusted the peoples very close to me, those I grew up with, cousins and distant relatives BUT all have disappointed and betrayed me some way along the line, hence I am going for a matured and business oriented person, who knows the value of trust and the real meaning of partnership and LIKE I said earlier, if you have these qualities then contact me and let us get into action immediately.


PLEASE NOTE THAT I DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANY PRESSURE ON YOU AS I WILL BE WILLING
TO CONTINUE MY SEARCH FOR A TRUSTED PERSON IF I HAVE TO AND IF I MUST.


AND ONE THING I WILL BEG OF YOU IS, IF BY ANY MEANS YOU DO NOT LIKE US OR MY FATHER AND THIS E-MAIL OFFENDS YOU PLEASE I WILL BEG ONCE MORE FOR YOU TO DELETE THIS EMAIL COMPLETELY FROM YOUR COMPUTER AND DO NOT BROADCAST IT'S CONTENTS.


Let me hear from you as soon as you read this.
Muhammad Gaddafi

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