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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: Khamis salah <khmssalah@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 07:49:42 -0700
Subject: greeting


Hello,

I am Khamis Shukri Ghanem, the eldest son of MR SHUKRI GHANEM. former Prime
Minister of Libya , MR SHUKRI GHANEM. who defected from the government of
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi in MAY 2011 during the peak of the Libyan civil
war,He dead in Vienna, Austria. Shukri Ghanem, He was a former member of
the General People’s Committee of Libya, had for years been a close friend
and trusted aide of Colonel Gaddafi. Having previously served as a Director
of Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation, he was appointed Prime
Minister of the country in 2003. In 2006, he assumed the post of
undersecretary at the Ministry of Petroleum —arguably Libya’s most powerful
government ministry— from which he resigned in 2009. In May of 2011 and
died in April 2011. the oil-rich Arab African Country. Libya has the
10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world and the
17th-highest petroleum production. I will save your time by not amplifying
my extended royal family history, which has already been disseminated by
the international media during the controversial dispute that erupted
between my father and his Country, LIBYA, As you may know from the
international media, the LIBYAN had accused my father of financial
mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 billion dollars.

This was as a result of the LIBYAN crisis that made my fathers go out of
government during his tenure in office. However my Mother was kept under
house arrest, my Fathers bank accounts and private properties including a
crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the Libyan Government.

Furthermore during this unfortunate period, I was advised to evacuate my
immediate family out of the LIBYA to avoid further prosecution from the
GOVERNMENT, but before I could, I was placed under house arrest with no
access to phone,but I have a laptop which I use to communicate.

However, before my arrest, I dispatched the sum of four hundred, twenty
million United States dollars (US$420,000,000.00) valued in a Bank in
Europe very safety deposit .

The funds (safety deposit) was split and kept in the following countries in
this proportion; $55 million in Nairobi ,$195 million in Belgium. and $170
million in the Spain . I kindly require your assistance as a representative
designate / foreign partner to claim and invest these funds into real
estate/properties to guarantee the future of my family, beginning with that
in Belgium. . If you are prepared to render your sincere assistance, do not
fail to contact me immediately to furnish you with details of this
proposal.

For your assistance i will like to know your Requirement you will receive
for help of each funds claimed as 5% will be set aside to defray any
expenses that maybe incurred during claim. As you will be present inside
the Bank in Belgium to do the transfer inside the Bank to your Bank to
your Country before going back to your Country .

Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust
while looking forward to your prompt response towards a swift conclusion of
this business transaction through my email address as thus:

Thanks and may Allah's blessing dwell upon you.

Yours sincerely,

Khamis Shukri Ghanem

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