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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. Ayesha Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ayeshaga20@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 03:10:20 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Good day


Don’t see this message as one of the scam emails


I am contacting you for you to be of help and assistance, I am Ayesha
Gaddafi the only daughter formal president of Libya, I need your
assistance, after the death of my late father the government has
recovered a lot of money of my fathers, I have been into hiding, I
have $15million dollars which is in my passion, I need your assistance
to invest the money in your country,



if you promise me that you are not going to betray me if you receive
this fund reply me with your full name and address including your
phone number for more details. I am going to give you 30% of the money
for your assistance reply me on this email:( ayeshaga20@outlook.com )



Best regards
Mr. Ayesha Gaddafi

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