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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <67868025@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 19:12:32 +1000
Subject: Re: Greetings

As-salamu alaykum
Am Aisha  Gaddafi , a devoted muslim and  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
 
been deposited with a well secured security company .
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  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 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 .
Get back with your details to :  67868025@qq.com  , so that we can proceed without delay because l am hopeless and
 
helplesss only hope is in Allah .
Aisha Gaddafi

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