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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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Fraud email example:

From: Isa Younes <isa.younes2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 03:53:51 -0700
Subject: Please Your Urgent Attention From Isa Younes.

Please Your Urgent Attention .

I got your contact in a reliable database on the internet and decided to
write you for assistance.

I am Isa Younes a native of Tripoli in Libya, Son of Late General Abdul
Fattah Younes, who was the Military Commander of the National Transitional
Council (NTC) the Opposition in Libya`s civil war.

If you are current with the news of the uprising and revolution in the
Northern Africa, particularly in my Country Libya, then I think I would not
need to say much about the circumstance surrounding the assassination of my
Father. Following the Clamor of the Libyans for our Dictator; Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi to step down after forty (40) good year of military rule, a
Transition Government was set up by the Libyans in conjunction with the
Western Communities to battle Colonel Gaddafi out of power.

On the Thursday 28 of July 2011, My Father (Abdul Fattah Younes) was killed
with two fellow military officials when he was summoned by the ruling NTC
in Benghazi to defend his direction of the arm rebellion, and explain its
stalled progress. He never got that chance.

My main purpose of sending you this email is to humbly ask for you
assistance to help me retrieve the sum of Sixteen Million and Three Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars [$16.300.000.00USD] and 20 Kilo-gram of
Alluvia Gold which was deposited by my late Father in a Storage Company and
help me to invest the said Funds in a profitable Venture.

You would be greatly compensated for accepting to assist me.

Upon the receipt of your email, I would give you further details as to how
to proceed.

Yours sincerely.

Isa Younes.

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