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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: "Dr Ayesha Gaddafi" <drayeshagaddafi@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drayeshag@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:05:03 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: Your Urgent Reply is needed By Dy Ayesha Gaddafi




Assalamu 'Alaikum,
Dear Friend,

I know that you will be surprise to receive this e-mail from me, My name
is Dr Ayesha Gaddafi, the only daughter of the former president of Libya
who was killed during the Libya Uprising. I am contacting you for an
urgent assistance which will benefit the both parties.

As you can read and see in the media, my family is presently undergoing
tough time in the hand of the masses due to his long stay in power as the
president of Libya for over 40 years now. Although there is no way you can
satisfy human being, my father has done so many things to better the life
of our people unfortunately they never appreciated his effort instead it
resulted in calling my family bad names.

The International community has reached a resolution for immediate seizure
of our assets both in US and the UK which they have already done and many
other sanctions but it can’t affect our financial statue in the world. But
as you can not predict tomorrow they say that is while I decided to reach
you for this assistant hoping it will be top secret within you and i and
you should avoid the media.

I want to request your humble assistance to receive a total sum of 10.5
Pounds.
I will not give you details of the fund now because of security reasons
but just have in mind that the fund lodged in one of the countries which i
will tell you in the long run as confirming your interest in this project.

You will receive this fund directly and keep it safe or invest it in any
business of yours till this crisis is over then I will get back to you on
how the fund or profit will be shared. By the special grace of Allah
nothing will happen to me.

If you are ready and will keep it top secret and avoid the media, contact
me back and the details of where the fund lodged and how it will be
transferred will be made known to you.
I know you may have little fear on you but it is risk free i assure you this.

I know you will be in hurry to reply me but due to what my family is
facing now and security reasons I will not be responding always ! ! ! ! !
! !.

All you need to do is to contact me and indicate your seriousness and
interest in this matter as to enable us move into action.

Peace be with you till i receive your reply.

Assalamu 'alaikum
Dr Ayesha Gaddafi.,,,,,,,,,,

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