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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: "Abda Hassan Muhammad " <br1@myfairpoint.net>
Reply-To: abda.ha@bahamamail.com
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:07:10 +0200
Subject: Urgent Help needed


Hello, I am a Muslim woman; and I strongly believe that strangers can be an=
gels, all I need from you is honesty, I cannot lie to any one because it is=
against my religion. I swear with the name of Allah the almighty that what=
am telling you is the truth and nothing but the truth, and please for my o=
wn security keep these matter to yourself. My names are Abda Hassan Muhamma=
d a wife to one of Gadaffi loyalist, I am writing you this email is because=
the trouble is too much for me and my kids, I was hit long ago by the bomb=
sent by Gadaffi Loyalist or NATO forces, I am hospitalized. Please no phon=
e conversation because I am being monitored, so I found Mr. Bubba Garry. He=
is a well-respected man of God and has a good job as cook in a five start =
hotel in (Tripoli) Libya, because of the trouble before the death of Gadaff=
i, he moved for his safety to Malaysia, another Asia Country. I have 7 ATM =
cards, 3 are master while 4 are visa, we use them anytime we go abroad Amer=
ica Europe Asia, and in each of the card I have over Two million dollars in=
each of them. Presently it cannot be used here for we are being monitored =
and traced. Please I want to entrust this into your care because I don't kn=
ow if we will come out of this trouble. With the help of Mr. Buba Garry I h=
ave sent out all my ATM cards out of Libya with him. It was packed sealed i=
nside a 24 Karat Custom made Gold wall clock, a birthday gift from my husba=
nd during my 45th birthday in December 2008 and it weighs 3.5kg.Presently t=
he package is with Mr. Buba, I gave him the gold wall clock to take with hi=
m and keep it until I contact him for it, I told him how precious the gift =
was to me, he is not aware of the contents inside. I want to send the wall =
clock to you, when you receive them you open up the clock and you will find=
7 ATM cards, confirm to me via email, then I will send you the pin code fo=
r each of them as soon as you have confirmed to me that you have received t=
he package. You can withdraw equivalent of $2,500 dollars from each of the =
cards from any ATM machine. Every day you can remove total of $17,500 with =
all the cards and keep $7,500 for yourself each day, I am not greedy, if yo=
u can assist me in doing this, then why wont I share with you? I will send =
you a new account where you will be paying in $10,000 dollars daily for me;=
the point is I have to remove all the funds from all my cards because sinc=
e Gadaffi is dead, the banking system might be changed/tampered. Please nob=
ody Knows about what I have just told you even Mr. Buba believes its just a=
gold clock. And he is waiting for my orders to send the package to Whereve=
r I instruct him to. If you can handle this for me, I will be so happy and =
make sure you will never forget me in life. Do get back to me so I will kno=
w if he will be contacting you or you to contact him. My Personal email is:=
abda.ha@bahamamail.com Thanks.

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