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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: "Aziza Mohammed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <azizahmohammed@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 01:48:32 -0700
Subject: Re: From Aziza

Greetings

My name is Aziza Hassan Mohammed, i am from Libya and my husband is one of the late Gaddafi's Army. It was my husband who took Gaddafi family to Niger and Algeria when they ran from Libya. But he came back to Libya and died when their convoy was hit by NATO bomb. He told me something very important when he was alive. He deposited some money in a security company in Ghana as a family inheritance in case anything should happen to Him.
And he gave me the documents to save them for security reasons. The said the money is $8,600,000 USD and 67 kilos of gold in a big case. The company didn't know the contents, but they only know the value of the contents.
I will give you proof of funds and all relevant documents required, because seeing is believing. I am presently out of Libya because we ran out during the war. I write you because I want you to take ownership of the content of the case. I am willing to compensate you with a substantial share of the funds after you secure the funds.
I wait for your positive response so we can proceed.

Regard,
Aziza Hassan Mohammed
Private Email: azizahmohammed@hotmail.com

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