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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 Saif Abdul <miningtrading01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mabdul@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 09:41:32 -0400
Subject: Libya Crisis

Dear Friend,

Good day to you in the name of Allah. My name is Muhammad Saif Abdul.I do
not intend to disturb your peace and privacy with this email, neither do i
wish to abuse this mode of communication(electronic mail). I am just a
victim of circumstance soliciting for your assistance at this point in time
due to this disaster that has befallen me. Kindly listen to my explanations.

I am from Ajdabiya near Benghazi in the northern part of Libya, but i am
sending this mail to you from Niger Republic. My late father(Saif Abdul)
before his death was one of the aides to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Upon the
out break of crises in the city of Benghazi,my late father decided that the
city was not safe for us to stay in any longer and as such we had to flee
to Tripoli(the capital) since it was safe as at that time. Many families
took the same decision to run away from Benghanzi. But unfortunately on our
way to the capital city, we met a road block mounted by the rebel forces
and they opened fire on our vehicle as well as others. My mother and one of
my brothers died at the spot as a result of bullet wounds sustained. My
father, my only sister and brother managed to escape, but my father had
bullet wounds, which later killed him, because of the blood that he lost.
But, before his death, we had arrived to Niger republic where he was
admitted in a hospital, but because he had lost a lot of blood and the
bullet has done a lot of damage inside his body system, he could not
survive.

However, before my father's death he informed me about some money that he
deposited with a Bank some where outside our country. He advised me to
claim the deposit, so that myself and siblings will use the proceed from it
to start a new life. He also told me to make sure that all of us continue
our education career. I have contacted the Bank to confirm the deposit. I
am appealing to you to assist us claim the money and and also help us to
start a new life.

The deposit is money. The money in the deposit is $15.800.000.00 million us
dollars, This is the reason while i have contacted you now to help me. If
you help to re-claim the deposit, you will take 25% of the money. You will
also help me to invest the money. I need your urgent assistance now to
re-claim the deposit from the Bank and also start a new life after the
unfortunate incident that led to my parents death.

Upon your response and acceptance to help me, i will give you further
information regarding the deposit.

I am waiting for your response.
Yours,
Muhammad Saif Abdul


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