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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: "Kalton Edward" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kalton_edward@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 16:04:52 +0100
Subject: Re: Your Mutual Understanding

My Dear,

I chose you out of the three personalities whose profiles were presented to me based on
personal conviction.

I was the chairman of a five man panel set up by the African Union (AU) that just concluded
investigations to some contractual and financial obligations due for payment to foreign
contractors that executed contracts in Libya before the fall of regime of former Libyan
leader, late Muammar Gaddafi.

As above stated, an unpaid contractual fund in value of £18 Million British Pounds Sterling (Eighteen Million British Pounds Sterling) was discovered outstanding in deposit in a bank by the government in favor of a certain contractor due to some irregularities in the documentation seen in his file.

We were unable to reach him through his contact details as provided in his contract file but he was unfortunately discovered to have been shot dead in Tripoli by Abdullah Sannussi, the
Ex-Chief Spy of late Gaddafi during the Libyan crisis as he was suspected to be anti Gaddafi.
The present Libyan leadership do not know of existence of this fund and the fact that leadership is yet to stabilize politically, this £18 Million British Pounds Sterling might not be managed well if returned to them, hence my decision to contact you and explore working closely with you as the legal claimant of this fund.(The Original Contractor).

I will avail you with more details if you accept this project while you have all the rights to ask for further clarifications.


Upon receipt of your response, be well assured to receive comprehensive details from
me.


Kalton Edward.

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