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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: "Aisha Gaddaffi" <gaddaffia1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gaddaffia@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:52:30 +0530
Subject: Personally To You !!!



Good Day,

Am Aisha Gaddafi daughter of late Colonel Gaddafi the Libyan leader.I
am contacting you to assist me in removing the sum of sixty five million
USA dollars being deposited with a security company in UAE Dubai.

The funds was deposited with a security company in my name and as a matter
of fact me, my only son and the entire family of my father in-law were
trapped in a bunker here in Tripoli I manage to sneak out with my son with
the help of a security guard on duty that fateful day, i manage to crossed
the border and I am presently into hiding in Senegal without any other
means of communication unless my laptop hoping to arrange for my traveling
out possible to Europe to safe guard my life because I know that the
regime of my father has collapse after his death Please for your kind
assistance I will offer you 30% of the total sum, all the legal
documentation concerning the deposit are with me, I will only write power
of attorney making you the new beneficiary of the deposit so that the
security company can release the consignment to you.

Bear in mind that the funds was deposited with the security firm as
household effect, therefore they do not know the real content, so you are
going to collect the consignment as house effect from the security company
where as only you and me know the real content.


Once you successfully collect the consignment from the security company
you will send me with some money so that I can arrange for my traveling
where we can meet ourselves for disbursement.

May Allah grant you the heart to assist me and my only son in this our
trial period, please never you abandon me with my son just because we are
Arabs, but I want to assure you that I am of a clean heart that was
brought up under western education but married to a cruel family.

Get back with your details so that we can proceed without delay because l
am here without help from no one.I look forward hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Aisha Gaddaf






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