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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: Alif Salam <salamalif313@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:56:21 -0800
Subject:


Greetings Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm deeply sorry for the intrusion into your privacy as we haven't met
before, as a matter of fact, I will be very brief since I am in urgent need
of a trust person to help move out a valuable funds deposited by late
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi generated from oil and gas that was sold to
Burkina Faso government years back into a foreign bank account which will
later be used for any profitable joint investment between me and you. This
is because as a civil servant i cannot do this alone, The Libya’s sovereign
wealth fund said five EU countries paid out money from frozen accounts in
Europe that once belonged to Muammar Gaddafi despite international
sanctions, according to POLITICO.
But no one is aware of this, total Amount is $19.5 Million US Dollars that
currently available under QNB Finansbank Turkey and placed in an account
without a beneficiary, it will be of advantage for me to solicit for a
foreigner on my behalf since the funds origin is from a genuine source.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/11/18/Where-are-Libya-s-billions-under-Qaddafi-abroad-and-who-benefits-from-them-
https://www.politico.eu/article/muammar-gaddafi-frozen-funds-belgium-unknown-beneficiaries/
For more details kindly indicate your willingness by responding via my
private email id below (salamalif313@gmail.com)with your name for further
information on how to relocate this fund.

Best regards
Mr. Alif Salam.

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