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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: "Mr. Muhammad Adama" <qilj@lonsen.com>
Reply-To: muhammadadama618@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:23:55 -0700
Subject: Re: My Good Friend

My Good Friend


I'm deeply sorry for barging into your privacy as we haven't met before,
as a matter of fact, I will be very brief since I'm in urgent need of
a trust person to help move out a valuable funds deposited by late
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi into a foreign bank account which will
later be used for any profitable joint investment between me and you,
as a civil servant i cannot do this alone, The Libya’s sovereign
wealth fund said that five EU countries paid out money from frozen accounts
in Europe that once belongs to Muammar Gaddafi despite international
sanctions, according to POLITICO.

But no one is aware of this Total Amount $19.5 Million Dollars
That is currently available under Coopec Bank, in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire. The fund is in his account without a beneficiary.

The Total Amount is ( Twenty two Million US dollars $22,000.000.00). You can confirm more on this site.
(https://www.politico.eu/article/muammar) And let me know if you are interested.

You can reach me through this private email adddress (muhammadadama618@gmail.com)


My Regards,


Mr. Muhammad Adama

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